TQM Facilitator's Guide

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ISBN 9781574440898
Cat# SL0896
 

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  • Outlines facilitator roles and responsibilities and the basic principles of Total Quality Management
  • Describes the roots of conflict management, characteristics of effective team management and the development of good communication skills
  • Provides worksheets for facilitator skills assessment, criteria rating for problem selection, quality indicators and more
  • Explains the critical concepts of team building initiatives, cultural and organizational change initiatives and organizational capacity building initiatives
  • Includes seven management and planning tools such as the prioritization matrix, the process decision program chart and the activity network diagram
  • Summary

    In this competitive age, the need for qualified facilitators is constantly growing. A facilitator is a mediator and a negotiator, an organizational development consultant and process observer, a statistician and TQM expert, and an agent for positive change within an organization. A facilitator trains and educates, builds successful teams, and solves problems by listening and communicating well with others.
    The TQM Facilitator's Guide is for those interested in becoming facilitators and those who want to improve their present facilitation skills. It gives clearly defined standards on the role of a facilitator in an institutional organization and elaborates upon the characteristics of effective facilitators-flexible, constructive individuals who enjoy working with people. It also classifies facilitators into three distinct performance levels: Facilitator I for highly performing teams, Facilitator II for non-performing teams and Facilitator III for an organization's most critical teams.
    Both a practical handbook and a self-directed learning workbook, the TQM Facilitator's Guide is packed with interactive exercises and detailed descriptions of the Total Quality Management process and the methods by which facilitators go about initiating one. This book can help you transform your currently dysfunctional workplace into a productive, highly functioning environment full of teamwork, understanding and cooperation.

    Table of Contents

    Chapter 1: Identifying Your Motivation to Become a Facilitator
    Chapter 2: Pre-Course Self-Assessment
    Chapter 3: Facilitation
    Chapter 4: Facilitator Roles and Responsibilities
    Chapter 5: Basic Principles of Total Quality Management
    Chapter 6: Getting Started as a Facilitator
    Chapter 7: Conducting Effective Team Meetings
    Chapter 8: Problem-Solving Tools and Techniques
    Chapter 9: Team Formation
    Chapter 10: Creating a Customer Focus
    Chapter 11: Basic Tools of Quality
    Chapter 12: Seven Management and Planning Tools
    Chapter 13: Post-Course Self-Assessment
    Appendix: Worksheets
    Index