Workers, Managers, Productivity : : Kaizen in Developing Countries / / edited by Akio Hosono, John Page, Go Shimada.

• HerausgeberIn: Hosono, Akio.; Page, John.; Shimada, Go.
• Place / Publishing House: Singapore : : Springer Singapore :, Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,, 2020.
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (XXVI, 327 p. 29 illus.)

This open access book provides a glimpse into the Japanese management technique known as “Kaizen,” and the ways it has been disseminated around the developing world. The novelty of this book is three-fold: it provides a contextualized view of the mechanisms of initiatives implementing Kaizen in deve...

Table of Contents

• 1. Overview
• 2. Industrial Policy, Firm Capabilities and Kaizen
• 3. Kaizen towards Learning, Transformation, and High-Quality Growth: Insights from Outstanding Experiences
• 4. Why is Kaizen Critical for Developing Countries? Kaizen as a Social Innovation in the Era of Global Inequality
• 5. Kaizen promotion in Ethiopia – A role of the government and change of mindset of people
• 6. Kaizen Dissemination through the Government and Private Sector in Southeast Asia: A Comparative Study of Malaysia, Indonesia, and Myanmar
• 7. Opportunities for Kaizen in Africa: Developing the Core Employability Skills of African Youth through Kaizen
• 8. The Role of Kaizen in Participation in the Global Value Chain: The Case of the Mexican Automotive Industry
• 9. Enhancing Learning through Continuous Improvement: Case Studies of the Toyota Production System in the Automotive Industry in South Africa
• 10. Does Management Matter? An Assessment of Kaizen in Brazil
• 11. Kaizen for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in Vietnam
• 12. Management Practices and Performance Improvement in Manufacturing Enterprises: The Case of Kaizen Adoption in Ghana
• 13. Consequences of Kaizen practices in MSMEs in the Philippines: The case of the Manufacturing Productivity Extension Program (MPEX).