Creating a Kaizen culture : align the organization, achieve breakthrough results, and sustain the gains / Jon Miller, Mike Wroblewski, and Jaime Villafuerte.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miller, Jon, author.

Contributor:

Wroblewski, Mike.

Villafuerte, Jaime.

Series:

McGraw-Hill's AccessEngineering

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Organizational change.

Organizational effectiveness.

Corporate culture.

Industrial sociology.

Mass media--Social aspects.

Mass media.

Intercultural communication.

Spiritual formation.

Portfolio management.

Production management.

Manufacturing processes.

Lean manufacturing.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : McGraw-Hill Education, [2014]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Get started with kaizen, implement it in your organization using kaizen events, and ensure the improvements are realized and sustained. Co-written by leaders at the Kaizen Institute, Creating a Kaizen Culture: Align the Organization, Achieve Breakthrough Results, and Sustain the Gains shows how to lead through the different kaizen events, focusing less on theory and philosophy, and more on how to put the knowledge into practice. This practical guide helps you understand how to use the various forms of kaizen to propel rapid and sustainable performance improvement. It provides a detailed and illustrated road map to organized kaizen implementation. You'll find all the materials and tasks required for preparation, execution, and follow-up of kaizen events. This book bridges the gap between an overview for management and a manual for practitioners. Tips, case studies from kaizen-driven leaders, templates, and one point lessons round out the work, and offer additional insight into the authors' kaizen breakthrough achievements. With more than 75 years of accumulated experience using kaizen to lead real transformation, the authors offer a unique work in its structured, visual design and rich but practical content. Step-by-step descriptions of how to lead with kaizen, and how to follow up to sustain improvements Tips on empowering employees while holding them accountable for their results Case studies by kaizen-driven CEOs such as Art Byrne and John Toussaint Includes one point lessons - one-page summaries that capture the main principle of each chapter A wealth of experience from three experts who have led kaizen events in a wide variety of industries and different sized companies.

Contents:

Why we need a kaizen culture

The true meaning of kaizen

Core beliefs within kaizen culture

The meta-decision of kaizen culture

Kaizen as strategy in practice

Daily kaizen

The emotional lives of kaizen teams

Sustaining a kaizen culture

Organizational readiness for kaizen transformation

Facing up to the culture monster.

Notes:

Print version c2014.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. New York, N.Y. : McGraw Hill, 2014. Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Web browser. Access may be restricted to users at subscribing institutions.

Description based on cover image and table of contents, viewed on January 22, 2014.

Other Format:

Print version: Creating a Kaizen culture : align the organization, achieve breakthrough results, and sustain the gains.

ISBN:

9780071826853

OCLC:

870422132

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.