... Sweden National culture Organisational culture In recent years, the cross-cultural quality management (QM) research domain has gained prominence. Existing literature has established the relationship between QM and organisational culture, whereas both have been considered as practices...

... study of Lean manufacturing in Sweden using the Shingo business excellence model as an analytical framework. Findings This study demonstrates that leaders can develop value-based leadership to support Lean manufacturing by defining and articulating the organization’s values and accompanying...

...). Design/methodology/approach Interview and observation are first conducted in order to get general insights about (and to understand) the emergency ward of Sahlgrenska Hospital in Gothenburg (Sweden) and its value stream (flow). Then, time‐related data are collected by conducting time measurements...

...Karin Schön; Bjarne Bergquist; Bengt Klefsjö Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present a study of how Six Sigma influences job satisfaction among employees at three large companies with manufacturing units in Sweden that have used different implementation strategies. Design/methodology...