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(3) Do not think that Division Management is useless though Cross-Functional
Management oriented is good. Division Management is a base.
(5) Cross-Functional Management is regular activities, and Cross-Functional
Committee is regular organization.
8.7.2 Role of Top Management
(1) The top management deeply understands the necessity and the importance of the
Cross-Functional Management, and supports for introduction, promotion and
implementation positively.
(2) It is necessary that top management business allotment and decision-making
mechanism are cross-functionally as much as possible.
(3) The business operations are necessary to consider it.
8.7.3 Cross-Functional Management Committee (Akao [20])
(1) The Cross-Functional Management committee is authority, and close to highest
decision-making organization.
(2) The committee composes only of the director. The professional expert or all related
division personel need not be put. It is organized with the decimal (About five
people).
(3) Cross-Functional Management Committee is an organization that takes charge of
not excution but Plan and Check.
(4) Operation of Cross-Functional Management Committee is excuted flexibly.
(5) The member of committee thinks about the one in company-wide management
view though becomes conception of person representing interests of division
easily. Moreover, do not confuse with Cross-Functional subject to division subject.
8.7.4 How to implement Cross-Functional Management
(1) The long-term objectives is established, and advanced it in Policy Management
system.
(2) There should not be so many cross-functional divisions. The independence of each
function strengthens and it interferes each other if it is too many.
(3) The function division is systems design approach, and the consideration of present
organization assumes the deferment, and is considered purely the function for
achievement of enterprise objectives and organized company-widely.
(4) It is “total Mechanism". The study of company-wide level do not become an
excessive management mechanism under concept on “ total mechnism” at the
planning stage.
(5) Each function is defined the objective and the evaluation method of the result is
established. Each process division is established the Management Item by the
concept of "Quality Assurance to the Succeeding Process".
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