TPS Life Cycle Scan
An organization’s performance readiness and requirements for improvement are dependent on its stage of performance development. An assessment of the organization’s current development level will point to
- the organization’s current state of performance culture development,
- its readiness for the Total Performance Scorecard Plan-Do-Act-Challenge performance improvement methodology, and
- a plan to transition the organization to a higher culture and performance level.
Most organizations span more than one level, so a complex set of TPS requirements should be expected to be indicated. It is possible but rare that an organization can successfully jump several levels, at least in all dimensions, so progressive improvement might be called for. This fits with the highly strategic nature of the TPS implementation – addressing organizationemployee strategy and goal alignment in order to bring about a strategic and sustainable shift upwards in performance culture.
The TPS Life Cycle Scan is a performance excellence model aimed at performance improvement. It is a holistic instrument for systematic self diagnosis that will help both public and private sector organizations to increase individual and organizational performance in the direction of total performance. We present five development levels and eight dimensions that follow TPS and PBSC concepts. These levels and dimensions indicate the organization’s level of performance maturity compared with that needed to excel in management. The five development levels are: basic, improving, moderate, advanced, and total performance. Each higher level, i.e. towards total performance, can be considered as an increase in the organization’s abilities to adapt and react to external and internal necessity for improved performance.
The TPS Life Cycle Scan is a measuring rod that can augment existing approaches being used by the organization. It helps to define in which development level it finds itself by its total TPS Life Cycle Scan score. By making performance management measurable in this way, it will be easier to manage related performance processes and to increase the score year by year. This makes it possible to steer improvement actions systematically, always aiming for higher levels of personal and business excellence.
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