LEADER 04896nam 2200745Ia 450 001 9910782788903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-60994-357-0 010 $a1-282-30000-8 010 $a9786612300004 010 $a1-60509-017-4 035 $a(CKB)1000000000692701 035 $a(EBL)407857 035 $a(OCoLC)476226396 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000075348 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11107764 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000075348 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10127725 035 $a(PQKB)11344406 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL407857 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10315486 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL230000 035 $a(CaSebORM)9781576753743 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC407857 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000692701 100 $a20081217h20062005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn| ||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aIdeas are free$b[electronic resource] $ehow the idea revolution is liberating people and transforming organizations /$fAlan G. Robinson, Dean M. Schroeder 205 $a1st edition 210 $aSan Francisco $cBerrett-Koehler$d[2006], c2005 215 $a1 online resource (255 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-57675-374-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 219-221) and index. 327 $aContents; Preface; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER 1 THE IDEA REVOLUTION; What's in an Idea?; How Ideas Drive a Culture of High Performance; The Need for Managerial Humility; Why Organizations Never Run Out of Improvement Opportunities; Overview of the Book's Main Points; Conclusion; CHAPTER 2 THE POWER OF SMALL IDEAS; Excellence Depends on Small Ideas; Small Ideas and Rapid Organizational Learning; Sustainable Competitive Advantage; How Small Ideas Lead to Big Ones; The True Currency of Managing Ideas; Key Points; CHAPTER 3 THE PITFALLS OF REWARDS; Some Inconvenient Evidence 327 $aWhy Do People Step Forward with Ideas?The Invisible Costs of Rewards; Reward Systems That Work; Key Points; CHAPTER 4 MAKING IDEAS EVERYONE'S JOB; "It's Not Your Job to Think"; Making Ideas Part of Employees' Work; Making Ideas Part of the Work of Supervisors; Making Ideas Part of the Work of Middle Managers; Making Ideas Part of the Work of Senior Leaders; Making Ideas Part of the Organization's Work; Key Points; CHAPTER 5 PUTTING THE PROCESS IN PLACE; Characteristic 1: Ideas Are Encouraged and Welcomed; Characteristic 2: Submitting Ideas Is Simple 327 $aCharacteristic 3: Evaluation of Ideas Is Quick and Effective Characteristic 4: Feedback Is Timely, Constructive, and Informative; Characteristic 5: Implementation Is Rapid and Smooth; Characteristic 6: Ideas Are Reviewed for Additional Potential; Characteristic 7: People Are Recognized, and Success Is Celebrated; Characteristic 8: Idea System Performance Is Measured, Reviewed, and Improved; Key Points; CHAPTER 6 FOCUSING ON WHAT MATTERS MOST; Choosing What to Focus On; Making Focus a Way of Life; Key Points; CHAPTER 7 GETTING MORE AND BETTER IDEAS; How People Come Up with Ideas 327 $aIdea Activators How to Broaden Employees' Perspectives; Improving Alertness to Problems and Opportunities; Key Points; CHAPTER 8 LIBERATION AND TRANSFORMATION; Ideas and Attitudes; Ideas and Respect, Trust, and Involvement; Ideas and Interpersonal Relations; How Ideas Counter Learned Helplessness; Ideas and a High-Performance Culture; Parting Thoughts; Key Points; Notes; Index; About the Authors 330 $aThe fact is, because they're the ones actually doing the day-to-day work front-line employees see a great many problems and opportunities that their managers don't. But most organizations do very poorly at tapping into this extraordinary potential source of revenue-enhancing, savings-generating ideas.Ideas Are Free sets out a roadmap for totally integrating ideas and idea management into the way companies are structured and operate. Alan Robinson and Dean Schroeder draw on their ten years experience with more than three hundred organizations in fifteen countries to show precisely how to design 410 0$a0 606 $aCorporate culture 606 $aManagement$xEmployee participation 606 $aOrganizational change 606 $aOrganizational effectiveness 606 $aSuggestion systems 615 0$aCorporate culture. 615 0$aManagement$xEmployee participation. 615 0$aOrganizational change. 615 0$aOrganizational effectiveness. 615 0$aSuggestion systems. 676 $a658 676 $a658.314 700 $aRobinson$b Alan G$0146242 701 $aSchroeder$b Dean M$01487288 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782788903321 996 $aIdeas are free$93755036 997 $aUNINA