...Arnaud Stimec According to this perspective, there is no doubt that toolbox lean and any bundle without dynamic continuous improvement may only approximate simple loop learning, if at all, whereas systemic LM, including continuous improvement, targets double-loop learning (Hu et al...

... and academics alike, and provide indicative guidance to the wider business and research community. To quest for the answer we start with a case study. Management training Process management Learning organizations Continuous improvement The success of any organisation depends, on a well...

... of a process improvement program “custom built” for the Chinese employees of the international company. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Employees behaviour Change management Continuous improvement Action learning Team learning China This case study describes the introduction...

... floor personnel as change agents, who participated in an innovative continuous improvement learning programme. Delivery was a mix of face‐to‐face tuition and multimedia distance learning. A series of workshops, followed by in‐company diagnostic visits, enabled change agents to assess their own...

... delays, reduce costs, and improve quality. This body of knowledge and practice is broadly known as “world‐class manufacturing” or “lean manufacturing”, and encompasses well‐defined continuous improvement tools such as kaizen, cellular manufacturing, pull systems, total productive maintenance...