The Improvement Engine : Creativity and Innovation Through Employ

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Book Title
The Improvement Engine : Creativity and Innovation Through Employ
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9781563270109
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Productivity Press
ISBN-10
1563270102
ISBN-13
9781563270109
eBay Product ID (ePID)
504493

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
195 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Improvement Engine : Creativity and Innovation Through Employee Involvement: the Kaizen Teian System
Subject
Personal Success, Decision-Making & Problem Solving, Industrial Management, Management, Quality Control
Publication Year
1995
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Education, Business & Economics
Author
Not Available
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
17.6 Oz
Item Length
9.3 in
Item Width
6.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
94-045511
Dewey Edition
20
TitleLeading
The
Illustrated
Yes
Original Language
Japanese
Dewey Decimal
658.3/14
Table Of Content
When Abolishing a Traditional Suggestion System is the Best Thing to Do Clarifying the Difference Between Traditional Suggestion Systems and the Kaizen Teian System The Huge Difference between Kaizen Reporting and Traditional Suggestion Systems The Kaizen Sheet as a Tool for Continuous Improvement and Skill Development and the Teian Sheet as a Tool for Data Collection Keep Rules and Regulations Simple and Flexible A Simple Evaluation Standard for First-Stage Kaizen Principles of Upper-Grade Evaluations From Unconscious Improvement to Conscious Improvement Easing Anxieties about Documenting Improvements Priming the Improvement Pump Using the Kaizen Sheet to Understand Problems Clearly A Positive Tool for Employee Development and Evaluation People, not Ideas, are a Company's Greatest Asset Innovation, Kaizen, and Small Group Activities The Promotion of Kaizen Activities Begins and Ends with Practical Examples Kaizen Teian Examples
Synopsis
People, not Ideas, are a Company's Greatest Asset Employee involvement has repeatedly proven itself to be the key to any successful continuous improvement program. But getting that involvement requires careful planning, management, training, guidance, and documentation. Improvement Engine: Creativity and Innovation - The Kaizen Teian Approach explores and melds two essential aspects of successful programs: Kaizen , the goal of continuous incremental improvement, and Teian , the process of involving employees in reaching that goal. Moving beyond a traditional suggestion system The text outlines a workable approach that every company, division, unit, manager, kaizen promoter, or team leader can take to establish and utilize a kaizen teian program. Originated in Japan and based on years of evolving practices within numerous companies, this tested program provides a practical and proven framework for understanding and implementing kaizen, including-- A model "kaizen sheet" tool for documenting improvements Actual examples of how to best promote, educate, and establish a kaizen teian system. With in-depth discussion that discerns between what should and should not be done, the authors highlight how this simple, disciplined philosophy quickly gets to the core of a problem.
LC Classification Number
HF5549.5.S8K3515

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