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From Workout To Winning, Bridget Lyons, Robert Hardy
From Workout To Winning, Bridget Lyons, Robert Hardy
WCBT Faculty Publications
Over the past three years, executives at General Electric (GE) have taught administrators at Sacred Heart University, located in Fairfield, CT, how to use the workout technique to identify and improve inefficient institutional processes and practices. This article will explain how Sacred Heart implemented the workout process, with a particular emphasis on factors contributing to successful workouts and the issues nonprofits encounter. GE has credited the workout with both improving processes and empowering the workforce. The workout, which has led to accelerated change and enhanced Six Sigma efforts, begins with identifying a problem. Many at GE note that the workout …
Pioneer: Sacred Heart University Admissions Magazine, Spring 1992, Admissions Office
Pioneer: Sacred Heart University Admissions Magazine, Spring 1992, Admissions Office
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Contents: Clearing the cost hurdles -- Sacred Heart University learns how to grow -- A port for every pillow -- New Sacred Heart programs introduce students to the world -- The body politic; Spotlight on the world; Bridging cultural differences -- SHU up close.