Tom,

Judging from the theme of your response, I take it that your group/company
has gone to self-directed work teams? If you haven't, is there a push
towards that end? The intent of my response is that I'm looking for other
companies performing electronic assembly who are using the empowered work
team concept. I'm looking to be able to share information on things that
have worked well, worked poorly and everything in between. We have been in
the teaming process for about a year now. Each team is required to do a
quarterly report to show progress on various metrics concerning cycle time,
costs (time) and quality. The teams also have a weekly structured meeting to
organize themselves to make improvements.

As a facilitator for the teaming concept, I was required to read the Zapp!
text as well. Zapp! the video was kinda silly but does demonstrate the text
concepts. May I also recommend "Who Moved My Cheese" by Spencer Johnson and
"Breakthrough Teamwork" by Dennis Romig as complimentary texts that work
well with the Zapp! text.

Bill Kasprzak
Moog Inc. Manufacturing Engineering, Electronics


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Oliver [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 6:37 AM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Re: [TN] employee involvement
>
> Hello
> I have had everyone in my group read ""Zapp! : The Lightning of
> Empowerment"
> by Jeff Cox/W.Byham.
> They were all quite surprised by what could be accomplished with getting
> the
> employees involved. I keep a copy on my desk and refer to it often. What
> we
> have started in our group has now started to grow and expand  into other
> areas of the org.
>
> Thomas Oliver
> QA
> Eagle Comtronics
>
>
>
> Original Message -----
> From: "Kari Rambo" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 2:07 PM
> Subject: Re: [TN] employee involvement
>
>
> > Suggested reading:  "Zapp! : The Lightning of Empowerment" by Jeff
> Cox/W.
> > Byham.  It's a quick and easy read that hits the nail on the head
> regarding
> > employee involvement and commitment.
> > kjr
>
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