Job Description for a Quality Manager
Thoughts on how to create a generic job description for a Quality Manager at a home building company
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Performance excellence self-assessment table
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Do you remove things that get in the way of progress?
Here are some interesting results from a 2011 survey by the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program.
% Agree or Strongly Agree
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The all American home
When we talk about sustainable home building we focus on energy efficiency and green.
But another level of sustainable building is ensuring…
SMART
The SMART acronym is an excellent way to evaluate your goals and objectives.
Are they Specific, M…
Clean job sites…who cares!?
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Talent management and best practices
We spend a lot of time and effort training our teams and developing them in our culture and so the retention and ongoing development of our talent…
Sustainability and social responsibility
The construction industry dramatically impacts the environment, with buildings consuming 17 percent of the world’s fresh water, 25 percent of its…
