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Kaizen

, 2020
Kaizen or “continuous improvement” encompasses a range of practices including just‐in‐time, total quality management and “kanban” systems, that became associated with Japanese manufacturing efficiency during the 1970s and 1980s. Its success partly relies on the wider social and cultural context of Japanese organizations and on the more “predictable ...
Collinson, Simon, Sammut-Bonnici, Tanya, McGee, John, Cooper, Cary L.   +3 more
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Integrating Circular Economy and Lean Management: A Strategic Framework for Sustainable Business Transformation

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the integration of circular economy (CE) and lean management (LM) as a strategic approach for enhancing corporate efficiency and sustainability. While CE emphasizes resource circularity, LM focuses on waste elimination and value maximization in production processes.
Pedro Carmona Marques, João Reis, Wesley Douglas Oliveira Silva   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Applying Change Models and Methods During a Period of Vast Digital Transformation: A Systematic Review of Practice in Healthcare

The International Journal of Health Planning and Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Reflection and learning about the use of virtual care in healthcare delivery has become a central goal for health systems internationally. Insights drawn in the aftermath of the COVID‐19 pandemic have led to vast changes to embed virtual care in health care delivery. This study explored the methodologies used to manage change that
Rebecca McDonnell, Ashfaq Chauhan, Corey Adams, Alexander Cardenas, Michelle Moscova, Ramya Walsan, Maryam Sina, Alice Munro, Elizabeth Manias, Rebecca Mitchell, Anthony Gust, Sabe Sabesan, Reema Harrison   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Advancing Green Human Resource Management Aspects and Practices in Organizations: The Power of Fuzzy Importance Performance Analysis

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Drawing on intersections between the Ability–Motivation–Opportunity (AMO) framework and the Resource‐Based View of the Firm (RBV‐F), this research critiques key convergent and divergent theoretical aspects of Green HRM. This approach led to the formulation and implementation of a Fuzzy Importance–Performance Analysis (FIPA) method to evaluate ...
Shah Ridwan Chowdhury, John Mendy, Md Asadul Islam, Mahfuzur Rahman   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Manager‐initiated unlearning: A study of intellectual property departments in Japanese firms

European Management Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Previous studies have emphasized that individuals play important roles in facilitating organizational unlearning; however, little is known about how leadership promotes organizational unlearning. From the perspective of routine dynamics, this study explores the effects of managers' behaviors on unlearning at the department level.
Makoto Matsuo
wiley   +1 more source

A process‐temporal perspective on organizational paradoxes: A review and future research agenda

International Journal of Management Reviews, EarlyView.
Abstract Scholars are increasingly studying paradox processes, yet insights remain disconnected, with limited discussion across studies’ perspectives. Consequently, research risks underutilizing valuable findings, thereby reducing both theoretical and practical progress.
Jan Heiberg Johansen, Jeppe Agger Nielsen   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing Quality of Action Research Using the Quality Assessment Action Research Checklist (QuARC): A Hybrid Systematic Narrative Review

Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim To evaluate the quality of action research studies using the Quality Assessment Action Research Checklist (QuARC) and to assess its utility as a tool for quality appraisal. Design A hybrid systematic narrative review following Turnbull et al.'s six‐stage methodology and reported in accordance with PRISMA 2020 guidance.
Mary Casey, David Coghlan, Áine Carroll, Tom Buckley, Diarmuid Stokes   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Kaizen

Arthroplasty Today, 2023
Meenakshi Tyagi, Sapna Yadav, Shivani Agarwal, Himani Grewal, Ruchita Gautam   +4 more
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The Kaizen principle of personality [PDF]

Perspectives of Innovations, Economics and Business, 2012
The study deals with a new aspect of training and development. By defining the validity and the competencies of the training method, the importance and the possible methodology of personality development are introduced. It is assumed that a mature personality, as a product of the individualizing process described by Jung, is a behavior-determining ...
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Responsible Innovation Management in Profit‐Driven Firms: A Cross‐Cultural Analysis in Germany, India, and Japan

Journal of Product Innovation Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Responsible innovation (RI) challenges profit‐driven firms to reconcile market pressures with societal and environmental responsibilities. We ask how firms integrate anticipation, reflexivity, inclusion, and responsiveness (ARIR) into responsible innovation management (RIM), and how national context and cultural dimensions shape the degree and
Shashi Matta, Maximilian Bauer, Anna Reith, Tomoko Kawakami, Linda Hamdi‐Kidar, Rajeev Gopalakrishnan   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source