ABSTRACT
Some well-established, time-tested strategies exist to increase performance, improve efficiency and manage projects. Through cost savings, efficiency improvements, and effective project management, organizations are able to better meet peak demands, improve their staffing, execute projects on time and within budgets, and find new ways to save money. Doing so allows them to build more roads per tax dollar, serve more clients per staff person, oversee more inmates with less staff, and manage organizations with lower overhead costs. Though these strategies were developed in past eras, they continue to find productive use; they are “oldies but goodies.” Managers should decide which ones are useful for them. While these strategies predate the more recent, quality-based philosophies, they can be used as part of those strategies, too. Stakeholders expect organizations to perform efficiently and effectively, and that includes the use of these tools.
