Table I. Comparison of articles Authors... | Emerald Publishing

Table I.

Comparison of articles

Authors	Paper 1 – Price, Pepper and Stewart	Paper 2 – Wilson, Jayamaha and Frater	Paper 3 – Kregel	Paper 4 – Sreedharan, Sandhya and Raju	Paper 5 – Fletcher
Geographic location	Australia	New Zealand	Germany	< Literature Review >	USA
Study context	Local Government	Health care Clinical microsystems	Local Government		Local Government
Methodology	Case study – documentary analysis and interviews	Survey	Action research on project implementation	Confirmatory focus group study	Interviews and observations
Participants	Managers	Managers	Quality improvement practitioners		Managers
Findings	Importance of strategic fit between Lean Six Sigma and organisational objectives	Importance of highly functional teams	Project choice and the project leader are critical to Lean Six Sigma project success		Importance of shared objectives for successful Lean Six Sigma implementation

Authors	Paper 1 – Price, Pepper and Stewart	Paper 2 – Wilson, Jayamaha and Frater	Paper 3 – Kregel	Paper 4 – Sreedharan, Sandhya and Raju	Paper 5 – Fletcher
Geographic location	Australia	New Zealand	Germany	< Literature Review >	USA
Study context	Local Government	Health care Clinical microsystems	Local Government		Local Government
Methodology	Case study – documentary analysis and interviews	Survey	Action research on project implementation	Confirmatory focus group study	Interviews and observations
Participants	Managers	Managers	Quality improvement practitioners		Managers
Findings	Importance of strategic fit between Lean Six Sigma and organisational objectives	Importance of highly functional teams	Project choice and the project leader are critical to Lean Six Sigma project success		Importance of shared objectives for successful Lean Six Sigma implementation