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Women comprise the majority of employees in financial organizations, but only a few are in high management positions. The British Banking, Insurance and Finance Union (BIFU) conducted a survey of the industry that confronts many myths about women employees. As a result, various training programs were set up by BIFU and United Dominions Trust to reduce job skills discrepancies between men and women. Similarly, Lombard North Central is making strides in its personnel policies, forbidding discrimination, and opening sales, collections, and branch management positions to women. BIFU will continue to address itself to the issues of biased job evaluations, low pay, job loss, child care, women's health, and related matters.
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Perkin-Elmer Corp (Norwalk, CT) uses a 'Quality Business Plan' (QBP) to make quality improvements, upgrade products, cut costs, and meet its competition. The analytical instrument manufacturer has used QBP to achieve significant savings in four areas: design, field performance, management, and design. The lead-time on the majority of Perkin-Elmer products has been reduced by at least 25%, cut set-up time by 80%, reduced defects by 85% to 90%, and cut standard-hour time by 15% to 20%. The cost-cutting, quality control efforts of Miller Brewing Co are also described.
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Century Companies of America, a financial services company, has devised a seven-phase blueprint for managing special projects. The seven phases of project management are: conceptualization; feasibility analysis; detailed project planning; development and construction; implementation; post-project implementation review; and sign-off. The steps required to complete each phase of the project are described.
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