Six Sigma: Definition and underlying theory

By R. G. Schroeder, K. Linderman, Charles A. Liedtke, Adrian S. Choo. 2008

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Subfields: Management Information Systems, Management Science and Operations Research, Strategy and Management

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Integrating the organizational change literature: a model for successful change (2015, background): “Schroeder et al. (2008) argue that, although Six Sigma has been enthusiastically adopted in the industry, little research can be found about this in the literature.”
Process Innovation: Open Innovation and the Moderating Role of the Motivation to Achieve Legitimacy (2018, background): “Given the need to systematically improve the efficiency of modern operations (Schroeder et al., 2008), there has been a notable increase in the efforts to develop theoretical frameworks for understanding process innovation (Piening and Salge, 2015; Un and Asakawa, 2015).”
Linking learning and knowledge creation to project success in six Sigma Projects: An empirical investigation (2013, methodology): “Invented by Motorola, Inc. in 1986 as a metric for measuring defects and improving quality, Six Sigma evolved to a robust business improvement strategy that focuses an organization on customer requirements (Antony, 2004; Harry and Schroeder, 2000; Kumar et al., 2008; Schroeder et al., 2008).”
Perspectives on the productivity dilemma (2009, background): “When processes are under tight control, the effects of perturbations can be seen more clearly, enabling organizations to better identify and understand the causal relationships between organizational activities (Jaikumar and Bohn, 1992; Bohn, 1995; Schroeder et al., 2008).”
Process innovation in small- and medium-sized enterprises: The critical roles of external knowledge sourcing and absorptive capacity (2020, background): “Despite the growing need for improving manufacturing productivity, process innovation has received rather little attention in the innovation management literature, leaving some important questions unanswered (Schroeder et al., 2009).”
The evolving theory of quality management: The role of Six Sigma (2008, background): “Six Sigma is grown out of traditional QM methods and many traditional QM practices are recognized as important for Six Sigma implementation (Bhote, 2003; Breyfogle et al., 2001; Gale, 2003; Henderson and Evans, 2000; Hendricks and Kelbaugh, 1998; Lee and Choi, 2006; Pyzdek, 2003; Schroeder et al., 2”
The role of experience in six sigma project success: An empirical analysis of improvement projects (2012, background): “To begin, we note that by a “parallel-meso structure” Schroeder et al. (2008) mean that the six sigma management structures are (a) parallel to and outside of the typical organizational structure (Lawler, 1996); and that they (b) integrate multiple levels of seniority through the use of teams,…”