Kaizen Strategies for Improving Team Performance

Kaizen Strategies for Improving Team Performance

Author: Michael Colenso

Publisher: Financial Times/Prentice Hall

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780273639862

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Anyone who has been involved in a team building process knows that it takes time to bring people together to work in the most effective way. This book shows team leaders how to speed up this process and solve the problems of dysfunctional teams.


Team Building

Team Building

Author: William G. Dyer

Publisher: Wiley + ORM

Published: 2010-12-28

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 1118047443

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This book is filled with the concepts, ideas, and practical suggestions that are needed for any manager to have at hand if he or she is a member or creator of a committee, team, task-force, or any other activity involving collaboration among several people. The ideas are proven by several decades of experience and well-supported in the text with numerous examples.


Kaizen Planning, Implementing and Controlling

Kaizen Planning, Implementing and Controlling

Author: Jorge Luis García-Alcaraz

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-10-27

Total Pages: 330

ISBN-13: 3319477471

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This book reports a literature review on kaizen, its industrial applications, critical success factors, benefits gained, journals that publish about it, main authors (research groups) and universities. Kaizen is treated in this book in three stages: planning, implementation and control. The authors provide a questionnaire designed with activities in every stage, highlighting the benefits gained in each stage. The study has been applied to more than 400 managers and leaders in continuous improvement in Mexican maquiladoras. A univariate analysis is provided to the activities in every stage. Moreover, structural equation models associating those activities with the benefits gained are presented for a statistical validation. Such a relationship between activities and benefits helps managers to identify the most important factor affecting their benefits and financial income.


Managing Successful Teams

Managing Successful Teams

Author: Pat Wellington

Publisher: Kogan Page Publishers

Published: 2012-06-03

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13: 0749464410

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With the shift of emphasis from the West to emerging economies such as China, Brazil and India, organisations need to restructure to adapt to the new global economy. Teams and projects are increasingly being scattered all over the world, and a manager operating in this environment can't connect face to face with people in their team. Not only will managers need to adapt to develop their skills for new environments, they will have to work better, quicker and faster. Managing Successful Teams prepares you to meet the challenges of building and leading teams, showing you how to improve performance and achieve the best results. Offering valuable advice and instant strategies, it covers each aspect of managing teams in new cultural shifts, including developing team creativity and innovation, realigning the teams identity with your leadership style and effective team leadership. The only book on the market to incorporate emerging trends and shifts in business practice, Managing Successful Teams addresses the practical and realistic issues you face in your everyday working life.


Enhancing Education and Training Initiatives Through Serious Games

Enhancing Education and Training Initiatives Through Serious Games

Author: Denholm, John

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2017-09-13

Total Pages: 325

ISBN-13: 1522536906

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Games have become popular tools to enhance learning in both educational and business environments. Analyzing the link between games and their results on students can help provide advances for learning initiatives in the future. Enhancing Education and Training Initiatives Through Serious Games is an essential reference source that examines the impact that games and simulations have within different learning environments. Featuring in-depth discussions on relevant topics including self-reporting surveys, project management techniques, academic training, and game design, this publication is an ideal resource for academicians, students, business owners, and professionals that are interested in discovering the advances of serious gaming techniques.


Gemba Kaizen: A Commonsense, Low-Cost Approach to Management

Gemba Kaizen: A Commonsense, Low-Cost Approach to Management

Author: Masaaki Imai

Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional

Published: 1997-03-22

Total Pages: 385

ISBN-13: 0071368167

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When it comes to making your business more profitable and successful, don't look to re-engineering for answers. A better way is to apply the concept of kaizen, which mean making simple, common-sense improvements and refinements to critical business processes.The result: greater productivity, quality, and profits achieved with minimal cost, time, and effort invested. In this book, you discover how to maximize the results of kaizen by applying it to gemba--business processes involved in the manufacture of products and the rendering of services--the areas of your business where, as the author puts it, the "real action" takes place.


Student-Friendly Guide: Successful Teamwork!

Student-Friendly Guide: Successful Teamwork!

Author: Levin, Peter

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education (UK)

Published: 2004-09-01

Total Pages: 138

ISBN-13: 0335215785

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This lively, concise and to-the-point guide offers hints and practical sugestions to help you deal with the issues you face when working on a group project. It helps you to understand what goes on in project groups, to move forward in difficult situation, and to draw valuable lessons from the experience. How to share out the work How to transform your group into a team How to take decision How to deal with'free riders' How to work constructively with someone you don't like How to make good use of your experience when applying for jobs A must for every student working on a group project, and especially recommended if you have been put into a group, assigned a project and left alone to get on with it!


Effective People Management

Effective People Management

Author: Pat Wellington

Publisher: Kogan Page Publishers

Published: 2017-08-03

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 0749480831

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Motivated staff are the lifeblood of every business. With the right talent and an engaged team, your company will be empowered to beat the competition and grow its market share. Effective People Management covers all the crucial aspects of people management and maintaining high performance. Its insightful guidance covers leadership, motivating people, team building, delegating, interviewing, reward, managing change, handling conflict, dealing with poor performance and organizational culture. Case studies from global leaders and organizations demonstrate best practice and key lessons learnt from people management. From inspirational leadership techniques, energizing management styles and a proactive approach to problem solving, Effective People Management is your ultimate practical resource to getting the best out of yourself and your team.


Resizing the Organization

Resizing the Organization

Author: Kenneth De Meuse

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2003-02-03

Total Pages: 433

ISBN-13: 0787966681

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Presented by the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, this much-needed resource offers a wealth of theoretical information, best business practices, and winning techniques for executives who must guide their companies through the often difficult processes of mergers, acquisitions, downsizings, and other transitions. Written by top experts in the field, Resizing the Organization is a field guide for applying industrial and organizational psychology theories and practices to the management of change strategies.