Title: Discovering Operational Discipline
First published: January 2002
Description: Operational Discipline - fifteen characteristics of great companies and their people

Operational Discipline is a concept distilled from decades of observing the characteristics of high performance teams and individuals in the refining, chemical processing, plastics, steel, and pharmaceutical industries. A high level of operational discipline is the key to a healthy organizational culture. This presentation examines the affective domain of Bloom’s taxonomy of educational objectives: the often overlooked area of principles, attitudes and values that drive organizational excellence in the areas of safety management, quality management, environmental responsibility, and profitability.

We will explore the 15 characteristics we each unconsciously seek during any interaction with others. Developing a high level of operational discipline is the foundation that supports a successful behavior based safety program, process safety management program or environmental risk management system. Quality management systems are naturally enhanced and profitability can be maximized when your entire organization displays the characteristics operational discipline.

Operational discipline introduces the synergistic relationships between business excellence, operating excellence and operational discipline. Discover the advantages that reveal themselves when your organization practices a high level of operational discipline. For more information, visit www.antientropics.com
Subjects: Organizational effectiveness, Performance, Industrial management