Kaizen: The key to Japan‚s competitive success

By N. Nayab. 2009

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How leaders influence employees' innovative behaviour (2007, background): “…total quality management (McLoughlin and Harris, 1997; Ehigie and Akpan, 2004), continuous improvement schemes (Boer and Gieskes, 1998), Kaizen (Imai, 1986), European Journal of Innovation Management Vol. 10 No. 1, 2007 pp. 41-64 q Emerald Group Publishing Limited 1460-1060 DOI…”
The effect of people-related TQM practices on job satisfaction: a hierarchical model (2010, background): “The need for teamwork in TQM is based on the assumption that most of the quality problems can be solved only by involving people from various departments in the organisation (Ishikawa 1985, Imai 1986).”
Critical success factors for the sustainability of Kaizen event human resource outcomes: An empirical study (2011, background): “…(e.g., Melnyk et al., 1998), focus on low-cost changes (Sheridan, 1997), aim to produce an organizational culture of continuous improvement (Imai, 1986; Laraia et al., 1999; Melnyk et al., 1998; Sheridan, 1997), focus on employee empowerment through training and providing opportunities to…”
Systematic review of the application of the plan–do–study–act method to improve quality in healthcare (2013, methodology): “29 The terms PDSA and PDCA are often used interchangeably in reference to the method.”
Review Article: How can we make organizational interventions work? Employees and line managers as actively crafting interventions (2013, methodology): “For example, follow-up on action plans could be integrated into existing team and manager meetings and existing tools be used, such as Kaizen boards in lean organizations (Imai, 1986).”
Enabling Flexibility in Process-Aware Information Systems (2012, background): “, only requiring small changes of the implemented process) as for continuous process improvements [137, 238, 241], or be revolutionary (i.”