Reducing the costs associated with both people management and process management across the enterprise.
The purpose of RESOURCE EFFICIENCY is to give people and workgroups a way to improve their ability to do competency-based processes all the time.
RESOURCE EFFICIENCY means that people and workgroups get help from the whole organization as they try to get better at doing competency-based processes. The organization sets up a voluntary framework for improving work processes on an individual and workgroup level all the time. Within each competency community, actions are taken to keep improving the capability and performance of competency-based processes.
People pay attention to how well their own methods work for doing competency-based tasks. People look at how well their own work processes work, find places where they could be better, and set goals for improvement that can be measured. People take part in learning activities to keep making their work processes better and better at what they can do.
Workgroups try to improve the capability and performance of their operating processes by improving the way their members' individual work processes work together. Workgroups look at how well their operating processes work to find ways to make them better. Workgroups set measurable goals for improvement and keep getting better and better at what they do. The organization changes how it uses IMPLEMENTATION TACTICS for its workforce to help with continuous competency improvement.
In competency communities, suggestions for improving personal work processes or workgroup operating processes are looked at to see if they should be added to processes that are based on competencies. Based on the business goals of the organization, capability goals are set for competency-based processes. For competency-based processes whose ability isn't good enough to reach these capability goals, improvement goals are set. Some competency communities have people who are in charge of finding ways to improve competency-based processes and evaluating those ways. Improvements that show their worth are added to competency-based processes and made available for use. The organization's IMPLEMENTATION TACTICS for its workforce are changed to help it keep getting better at all stages. 4.1.1.
Integration Conditions.
4.1.1.1. Sustainability Factors.
SUSTAINABILITY FACTOR 1: The organization creates and keeps a written policy for continuously improving the skills of both individuals and workgroups.
The policy usually talks about the following:
The business goals and stated values of the organization are served by RESOURCE EFFICIENCY activities.
People and workgroups are encouraged to keep getting better at what they do.
People and workgroups set goals that can be measured to help them get better at what they do.
Help is given to individuals and workgroups so they can keep getting better at what they do.
IMPLEMENTATION TACTICS for its workforce to help with continuous competency improvement.
In competency communities, suggestions for improving personal work processes or workgroup operating processes are looked at to see if they should be added to processes that are based on competencies. Based on the business goals of the organization, capability goals are set for competency-based processes. For competency-based processes whose ability isn't good enough to reach these capability goals, improvement goals are set. Some competency communities have people who are in charge of finding ways to improve competency-based processes and evaluating those ways. Improvements that show their worth are added to competency-based processes and made available for use. The organization's IMPLEMENTATION TACTICS for its workforce are changed to help it keep getting better at all stages. 4.1.1. Integration Conditions.
4.1.1.1. Sustainability Factors.
SUSTAINABILITY FACTOR 1: The organization creates and keeps a written policy for continuously improving the skills of both individuals and workgroups.
The policy usually talks about the following:
The business goals and stated values of the organization are served by RESOURCE EFFICIENCY activities.
People and workgroups are encouraged to keep getting better at what they do.
People and workgroups set goals that can be measured to help them get better at what they do.