Improvement Engine: Creativity and Innovation Through Employee Involvement--The Kaizen Teian Approach

by Japan Human Relations Association (Editor)

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 Creativity and Innovation – The Kaizen Teian Approach explores and melds two essential aspects of successful 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― 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.

195 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 1995