This is an interesting group. Today, we worked on understanding Social change and its impact on values and the work ethic.  We identified changes they thought were happening in their work life because of societal change.

Things That Are Changing In Our Work lives Because Of Social Change:

Building Security
Training
Diversity
Organizational Health
Flex Time
Equality
Tools
Enterprise
Hiring Policies
PB2
Teams
Advances in Technology
Cell Phones
TV Monitors disseminating Organizational Information in Hallways of Organization
The Debit Card
Email and Faxes vs U.S. Mail
Digital copiers
Computer Use
Paperless Office
Web enabling Applications
Pulling information instead of Pushing
Bar Coding
Recycling
Less Sex or Gender Bias
More Tolerance
More Team Based Work
Expectations
Law Suites

We talked about strategic planing and its purposes.  Connecting workers to the mission of the organization should be the most important result.  But all too often, it becomes an exercise in which too few people own making it ineffective as a tool to guide organizational behavior.  Here is a simple strategic plan for the human body.  Its not perfect but is a simple example showing the linkages between its components.  Make any suggestions you wish to me to improve this example.
 

VISION: A well balanced, loving, caring, knowledgeable, healthy being capable of self sufficiency and contributing to the office, a profession, and to society.

MISSION:  To increase the overall balance of mind, body and soul. To increase capacity of productivity, earning potential and compassionate behavior.  To continually improve.

GOALS FOR THE YEAR:

• To Develop Strengths
• Take Action On All Opportunities For Growth
• Increase Knowledge
• Increase Empathy
• Increase Marketability
• Increase Wellness
• Increase Charity Of Time And Money

OBJECTIVES:

• Identify Three Strengths During Month Of November
• Improve Each Of The Three Strengths By Ten Percent By January
• Take One Class For One Opportunity For Growth
• Read One Book Every Three Months
• Watch The “Grapes Of Wrath” And “Do The Right Thing” This Month
• Build And Maintain Vita By December
• Workout Three Times Each Week
• Volunteer One Weekend Per Month

MEASURES:

INPUTS:
Words, Air, Calories, Carbohydrates, Ounces, Milligrams, Books, Tv Programs, Radio Programs, Audio Tapes

OUTPUTS:
Books Read, Carbon Dioxide, Ounces, Sweat, Money, Time Spent On Charity, Love, Mortgage Payments, Bill Payments, And Answers

OUTCOMES:
Credit Card Balances Up Or Down, Being Identified As A Resource And Being Asked For Advice, Number Of People Benefiting From Charity, Bank Accounts Up Or Down, Ability To Stay Awake And Alert During The Day, Ability To Accomplish Many Things Per Day, Number Of New Job Prospects, Normal Blood Tests, Normal Exrays, Feeling Of Health From One To Ten, Feeling Of Happiness From One To Ten, And Number Of Healthy Relationships
 
 
 
 

I have included DOI's Bookmark for your convenience:
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Please submit your CPM outside requirement work on "work process improvement" to the Davis Award
Panel.  You can find a nomination form on the web page: http://www.floridataxwatch.org/

Don't Forget to visit the CPM Web Page for our schedule:  http://www.fsu.edu/~cpm/
Visit Sterling's web page to see how other organizations improve: http://www.floridasterling.com/

If you need any help or suggestions on completing the outside requirements for the CSM then please send me an E-mail.  Remember, you need to be finished with all the outside requirements around the end of March 2000 so that you can graduate in May of 2000 at the combined annual AACPM meeting/FCPM Graduation in St Petersburg Florida at the Tradewinds.  You can make this target date.  If you think you will have a problem meeting this date, call or e-mail me and I will get you on the right track to meet it.