Transferring Best Practices Poses Challenges and Risks.

The article discusses how transferring best practices poses challenges and risks for organizations. As stated, many organizations are looking to improve organizational performance by benchmarking, and comparing their processes, procedures, and results with organizations using similar processes. It also offers information on the Coast Guard's Innovation Program and National Graduate School (NGS) Quality Systems Management (QSM) master's program which encourage personnel to lead from the middle to improve organizational performance, increase morale, and decrease attrition. It states that large and complex organizations depend upon diverse processes to be successful such as financial management, workforce development, strategic planning.