CI Changes from Suggestion Box to Organisational Learning
Continuous Improvement in Europe and Australia
Published on 6. June 2000
Book
Hardback
352 pages
978-0-7546-1190-5 (ISBN)
Description
A consideration of continuous improvement (CI) practice and performance. It brings together the results of a survey conducted simultaneously in a number of countries, with the express intention of building up understanding of how companies throughout the world are managing the process of implementing and, perhaps more importantly, sustaining, the process of CI. In so doing, the book offers a perspective on the similarities and differences of experience in a number of countries and sheds light on possible generic problems that managers throughout the world will have to grapple with if they are to take advantage of the true potential offered by their significant investments in human resources.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
25 figures, references
Dimensions
Height: 156 mm
Width: 223 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7546-1190-5 (9780754611905)
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Content
Continuous improvement in the UK, Sarah Caffyn and Max Silano; continuous improvement strategies in the manufacturing sector in Sweden, Anders Berger; CI in Norway, Henning Neerland; CI in the Netherlands, Jose F.B. Gieskes et al; continuous improvement in Finland, Miia Martinsuo et al; CI in Denmark - the role of experience, Frank Gertsen; continuous improvement strategies in the Australian manufacturing sector, Robert Mellor et al; CI in Europe and Australia - do location and CI maturity make a difference? Jose F.B. Gieskes et al; managing CI in different cultures, Miia Martinsuo and Riitta Smeds; CI in the process of developing manufacturing strategy, Roger Jenkins et al; managerial implications and future directions, Ross Chapman et al. Appendices: methodology and response profiles; EuroCINet questionnaire; EuroCINet survey database; data and statistical calculations for CI and national culture analyses; about the EuroCINet.