The MDW Programme
The Aims of the Programme
The Mission Directed Work Team programme (MDW) aims to enable leaders and front line teams to achieve world class competitiveness by:
- Establishing business focus and goal alignment throughout the organisation.
- Simplifying the management of business objectives through the creation of a visual workplace.
- Creating a better work climate characterised by teamwork, participation and continuous learning.
- Identifying high leverage improvement opportunities by benchmarking their workplace and leadership practices against the world's best.
- Achieve world-class competitiveness through innovation and continuous improvement.
Benefits
Properly implemented and nurtured the MDW programme:
- Focuses teams on business objectives, aligned throughout the organisation.
- Offers immediate, visible improvements in the workplace.
- Equips leaders and teams with tools and skills to implement world-best practices and continuous improvement programmes.
- Promotes long term, sustainable improvements through innovation and continuous improvement in quality, speed, cost, service and people.
The MDW Toolkit
The Mission Directed Work Team programme is a practical and modular workplace training intervention that can be easily integrated alongside existing continuous improvement activities. The programme has two core modules:
- Module 1 - Mini-business Goal Alignment. Module 1 establishes the mini-business structure and management review processes. It is the foundation for people engagement, business focus and developing continuous improvement culture.
- Module 2 - Visual Workplace - 5S. Module 2 establishes an orderly, pleasant and efficient workplace and is the foundation for small step innovation ('Kaizen') and the ongoing application of lean principles.
Further modules equip organisations with the skills to improve their Value Streams and the level of engagement of their people. (Details on each module can be found by following the links provided).
Method of Implementation
- Practical workshops are held to introduce management and key staff to the concepts and content of the programme.
- Internal facilitators are trained by subject matter experts to train front line teams.
- ‘Mini Business units’ are established, communication lines and meeting structures are set up.
- Benchmarking is repeated quarterly applying the Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle of continuous improvement.
- Annual review workshops are facilitated to formally review progress.
