Continuous Improvement in Organizations
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Continuous Improvement in Organizations

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Continuous Improvement in Organizations

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About This Book

This book presents what you need to know to really implement continuous improvement in companies or other organizations. In addition to all the support needed for this to make sense, the importance of the right direction to guide it is unveiled. The reader will find in this book the origins of continuous improvement and all the framing that justifies and demystifies it in the aspects that characterize the socio-technical nature of organizations. This work also explores the need for effective coexistence between technical aspects and behavioral and cultural aspects, so that continuous improvement and excellence are achieved in organizations.

Topics discussed in the book include:

  • The origins of continuous improvement
  • The main operational excellence models
  • The invisible side of organizations
  • The visible side of organizations
  • Decoding continuous improvement
  • The maturity levels of continuous improvement
  • Some models and tips for the implementation of continuous improvement
  • Main tools associated to excellence in organizations

This book was written with the aim of helping engineering students in courses related to operations management to develop skills in this area, as well as businessmen with curiosity about this subject, production directors, people responsible for continuous improvement and all professionals working in companies or other organizations with responsibility for their performance and their future.

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Publisher
River Publishers
Year
2023
ISBN
9781000847505
Edition
1
Topic
Business
Subtopic
Business Development
Index
Business

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Half Title page
  3. Series page
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Contents
  7. Foreword
  8. List of Figures
  9. List of Tables
  10. List of Abbreviations
  11. Dedication
  12. Introduction
  13. 1 The Origins
  14. 2 Pursue Excellence in Organizations
  15. 3 The Less Visible Side
  16. 4 The Visible Side
  17. 5 Decoding Continuous Improvement
  18. 6 Maturity of Continuous Improvement
  19. 7 Practices to Materialize Continuous Improvement
  20. 8 Developing CI in your SME
  21. Annex Tools Frequently Used on the Path to Excellence
  22. Index
  23. About the Author