As Ford moves toward a global strategy, all employees are being asked to
re-think the processes used and to eliminate unnecessary processes. My
department's job is to assist the engineering community by providing them
with the tools required to do this. As we try to commonize the various
processes used, I can see where applying "The Fifth Discipline" principles
will help those involved to work together to come up with the best approach
for everyone and hopefully, everyone will understand why the particular
approach was chosen and be able to convince others that it is best for them.
The old way of "doing business as usual" just doesn't work anymore.
My main purpose in joining this forum is to get a better understanding of
what organizational learning is and how I can apply it to my job. Since
I'm very new to all this, I'll probably stay in the background and simply
read the articles until I feel a bit more comfortable with the subject.
Judy Shepard
Ford Motor Company
Dearborn, Michigan
(313) 390-2927