...Kodo Yokozawa; Hao Anh Nguyen; Huong Thi Xuan Phung Purpose This study investigates the psychological mechanism through which individuals with high trait anxiety transform their anxiety into flow during kaizen-enabling activities. By examining the relationships between trait anxiety, self-efficacy...

...Midiala Oropesa Vento; Jorge Luis García Alcaraz; Aidé Aracely Maldonado Macías; Valeria Martínez Loya Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the effects of both managerial commitment and the professional development of human resources on the benefits obtained from Kaizen...

...Kodo Yokozawa; Harm-Jan Steenhuis Purpose – The purpose of this research study was to examine the international transfer of kaizen or continuous improvement. The central research question was formulated as: what national level factors influence the transfer of kaizen, and how? Design...

... reached with the technicians’ union and planned to continue the organisational restructuring with the exclusion of the production department. From this point on, there was virtually no exchange of information and/or ideas between the production department and the remainder of the organisation. Kaizen...

... and use of KVP2 in the customer’s supplier companies. Kaizen Supply chain Automotive components industry Manufacturing Inter‐organisational collaboration is suggested to catalyse the organisational learning process, by stimulating reconsideration of current practice (Dodgson, 1993...

... and keeping the dynamics. © MCB UP Limited 2000 Small firms Kaizen Learning Consultants Coaching Working with continuous improvement (CI) in large organisations can prove to be successful in establishing a culture of development and constant learning. But establishing continuity...

...? Kaizen Problem solving Process management Quality management Small firms This article is based on the experiences with a structured quality improvement programme developed at SINTEF Industrial Management. SINTEF Industrial Management has, over a period of five years, carried out six network...

... 1999 MRPII TQM Kaizen Manufacturing Computer software The increasing global competition has driven companies that have seen their market shares eroded by competitors to change their management system, structure and culture in order to survive. Many companies are focusing...

...Anders Berger Proposes to delineate a set of core principles from the Japanese kaizen concept and illustrate the contingent nature of the design and organization of continuous improvement (CI) processes, especially with respect to product/process standardization and work design. Given...

... Just‐in‐time Kaizen Performance TQM In this paper the authors consider the theme of improvement initiatives in the field of operations. The initiatives concern the improvement actions which have been structured and applied in time to the technological and organizational variables in one...

...; information and control; and painting operations. © MCB UP Limited 1992 Automation Car manufacturers Communications Production Kaizen 18 INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS 3 , 1 M AP has been implemented as a means of reducing the cost of high speed communications between factory floor...

... Kaizen Medium‐sized business Technological change THE ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY IN SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES 9 W hile many companies have been at the forefront of technological innovation, others are reluctant to change. The Role of Technology in Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Gloria L. Lee...