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Today's Poll!Nixon wants to shift duties in 3 agencies
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
JEFERSON CITY (AP) — Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon wants to shift the responsibilities of several state agencies.
Nixon said Monday that he had issued executive orders to transfer three duties among state agencies:
• The Center for Emergency Response and Terrorism would shift from the Department of Health and Senior Services to the Department of Public Safety.
• The Division of Energy would move from the Department of Natural Resources to the Department of Economic Development.
• The oversight duties of making sure tax credit recipients comply with state laws and regulations would be transferred from the Department of Economic Development to the Department of Revenue.
All the changes would take effect Aug. 28, unless the Legislature rejects them within 60 days of receiving the notification from Nixon.
Nixon said the restructuring is not expected to save any money but would better align duties with the existing responsibilities of state agencies.
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JCLifer 3 months, 2 weeks ago
I will bet the lower-level employees see all sorts of waste and duplication in each of the departments that could save lots of money if the managers would just ask them. Usually it is the managers in the organization who are resistant to change and making improvements.
asb 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Whole schools of enterprise process managment agree with you Lifer. The best eyes, those with the least investment in the status quo, and those with the most to gain from improvements in effeciency are usually at or near the bottom of of the process. Sadly, they also have the smallest voices.
JCLifer 3 months, 2 weeks ago
This was taught by management schools as far back as the late 70's. You know state government is always a little behind the curve as far as catching up to the private sector...
rodinman 3 months, 2 weeks ago
First, when I was in the military there was a "Suggestion Program". An individual would sumbit their suggestion on the suggestion program form, stating what the current procedure was, their suggested improvement, and potential cost savings for one year. After the suggestion was reviewed, if it was accepted the individual received a portion of the savings realized the first year. Secondly, when the state pays for a hotel stay the individual staying can earn "fee" nights at certain hotels. Since the state is paying for the room those free nights should belong to the state and not the individual. Huge savings. If the Department of Defense can accomplish this then I'm sure the state casn also accomplish it.
JCLifer 3 months, 2 weeks ago
"First, when I was in the military there was a "Suggestion Program". An individual would sumbit their suggestion on the suggestion program form, stating what the current procedure was, their suggested improvement, and potential cost savings for one year. After the suggestion was reviewed, if it was accepted the individual received a portion of the savings realized the first year."
Ah... "Productivity Gainsharing". This was also taught by management schools back in the late 70's and it works dramatically to reduce waste and lower operating costs, as well as improving morale in the workforce. State government may catch up in a few more decades...
asb 3 months, 2 weeks ago
"Continous Improvement" was the label for much such management training, and many state agencies signed on, but failed to implement. There are variations on Demmings' principal teachings published right after WWII, which the Japanese took to heart and used for decades to catch up to western industrial levels.
JCLifer 3 months, 2 weeks ago
"catch up"??? Heck, the beat us at our own game!!!
muleman 3 months, 2 weeks ago
The Highway Dept had something like this back in the late 80's early 90's when I worked for them. If memory serves me right there was no money awarded for implemented suggestions, only paid time off. "Who" submitted the suggestions was more important on getting them implemented than what the suggestion was. Example they were still using a bubble balancer to balance tires at this time. Anyone that knows anything about tires knows that radial tires need to be dynamically balanced which an outdated bubble balancer cannot do. The Dept junked thousands of tires over the years due to this problem. A non "brown nosing" employee submitted the suggestion that the Dept could save a ton of money by investing in a spin balancer that would almost guarantee they would get more than 4,000 miles out of a set of tires. A year later a "good ole boy brown noser" recieved recognition for the same suggestion.
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