Product Key Features
Number of Pages276 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameResearch Agenda for Lean Management
SubjectDevelopment / Business Development, Economics / General, Production & Operations Management, Strategic Planning
Publication Year2024
TypeTextbook
AuthorDaryl Powell
Subject AreaBusiness & Economics
SeriesElgar Research Agendas Ser.
FormatHardcover
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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2023-952674
TitleLeadingA
Dewey Edition23
Reviews'The field of lean management is very much alive and growing. This book does a great job of bringing together leading experts in lean management who summarize state of the art and provide fertile ideas for future research. It will get your brain cells buzzing.'
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal658.0072
Table Of ContentContents:Foreword xiiiTorbjørn NetlandIntroduction: On the need for A Research Agenda for LeanManagement xvAndrea Furlan and Daryl PowellPART I LEAN MANAGEMENT: FROM BUNDLES OFPRACTICES TO BUSINESS STRATEGY1 Reflections on the lean manufacturing practicebundles, twenty years on 3Rachna Shah2 Lean is a strategy 15Florian Magnani, Michael Ballé and Godefroy BeauvalletPART II LEAN AND LEARNING3 The lean education system 37Eivind Reke4 Building lean capabilities through action learning 53Henrik SaabyePART III LEAN AND SUSTAINABILITY: PEOPLE, PLANET, PROFIT5 Lean and the planet 75Rose Heathcote6 The people value stream: an extension to lean 91Peter Hines and Florian Magnani7 Lean as a compensatory tool for neurodiverseemployees 115Matteo Zanchi, Paolo Gaiardelli, GiudittaPezzotta and Daryl Powell8 Does lean lead to resilient or fragile firms? Anempirical investigation and a research agenda 133Andrea FurlanPART IV LEAN LEADERSHIP AND BEHAVIORS9 How to drive proactivity in lean settings 151Michela Carraro and Ambra Galeazzo10 Leading lean transformations: towards a 3D viewof lean leadership 167Desirée H. van Dun11 Searching for the magic formula of lean leadership 185Marte D. Q. Holmemo12 Anxiety that drives kaizen: a strategic blueprintfor kaizen implementation across borders 199Kodo YokozawaPART V LEAN AND DIGITALIZATION13 A digital lean world: from digital leanmanufacturing to Lean 4.0 217Daryl Powell, David Romero, Jiju Antony andPaolo Gaiardelli14 Impact of Lean and Industry 4.0 on sustainability:A Delphi study-based identification and assessment 229Fabian Dillinger, Fabian Formann, KaiMagenheimer, Gunther Reinhart and Guilherme TortorellaIndex 249
SynopsisThis fascinating Research Agenda analyzes the key research topics within lean management. Exploring both contextual histories of these topics and potential avenues for future research, it provides a complete picture of lean management practices both past and present., Elgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary. This fascinating Research Agenda analyzes the key research topics within lean management. Exploring both contextual histories of these topics and potential avenues for future research, it provides a complete picture of lean management practices both past and present. Exploring how lean management methods should be viewed and implemented, this Research Agenda examines how the concept has emerged through Toyota's real-world practices. Chapters are divided into 5 succinct sections: lean as a strategy; lean and learning,lean and sustainability, lean leadership and behaviors, and lean and digitalization. Through these, new theoretical perspectives across several academic disciplines are investigated, ultimately providing useful insights on how to implement successful and sustainable lean programs. A Research Agenda for Lean Management will be perfect for researchers and scholars seeking fresh methodologies and topics to rejuvenate their work within various disciplines, such as strategy and leadership. Discussion into implementing sustainable lean programs within this book will additionally benefit management practitioners.
LC Classification NumberHD30.4.R4 2024