Against lean production

Williams, Karel; Haslam, Colin; Williams, J.; Cultler, Tony; Adcroft, Andy; Johal, Sukhdev

doi:10.1080/03085149200000016

Cited by 164 publications

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“…Williams et al (1992) suggested that whilst an earlier age believed in miracles, this age believes in management. In defining and explaining organizational success and failure, like Fromm (1960), we reject the benefits of "reciting optimistic formulae" as being simply too uni-dimensional whether discussing the success of a global corporation in securing new market space or a public sector body improving the quality of service provision; we note the important contribution that can be made by management but also recognize the important contributions made elsewhere.…”

Section: Conclusion: the Dog That Didn't Barkmentioning

confidence: 99%

Insatiable demand or academic supply: the intellectual context of entrepreneurship education

Adcroft

Dhaliwal

Willis

2005

European Business Review

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Purpose

To consider whether the growth in management and entrepreneurship education is driven by (external) demand or (internal) academic supply.

Design/methodology/approach

Three key elements of the intellectual context of management and entrepreneurship education are considered: the apparent causal relationship between improved management and economic performance; the privilege afforded to management as an agent of change in the context of globalisation; reforms in the public sector which define problems in terms of management rather than resources.

Findings

There is a lack of clarity as to whether the purpose of entrepreneurship education is about promoting higher levels of activity or better recognising entrepreneurial activity.

Originality/value

The paper offers an alternative perspective on entrepreneurship education through an examination of its purpose rather than its form and content.

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Section: Conclusion: the Dog That Didn't Barkmentioning

confidence: 99%

Insatiable demand or academic supply: the intellectual context of entrepreneurship education

Adcroft

Dhaliwal

Willis

2005

European Business Review

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Purpose

To consider whether the growth in management and entrepreneurship education is driven by (external) demand or (internal) academic supply.

Design/methodology/approach

Findings

There is a lack of clarity as to whether the purpose of entrepreneurship education is about promoting higher levels of activity or better recognising entrepreneurial activity.

Originality/value

The paper offers an alternative perspective on entrepreneurship education through an examination of its purpose rather than its form and content.

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“…Despite on many good words said towards lean, there is still a lot questions around this topic [51]. Many authors ( [32], [37], [52][53] and others) point out that imp lementing of lean princip les have to be continuous in order to bring desired results and thus cannot be used as a fire fighting mechanis m. This sets certain limitations to the process of implementation and requires step by step planned approach ( [5], [34], [37][38][39], [48]).…”

Section: Theoretical Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In academic literature lean thin king is regarded as cost reduction and productivity imp rovement technique world wide ( [1][2][3][4], [8][9], [52][53]), new efficient paradig m for the operations ( [29], [51]), many co mpanies use lean principles in developing their corporate strategies [54] and as a result it could be used as a powerful weapon in mo re globally co mpeting world [48]. To conclude, lean thinking could be defined as philosophy of manufacturing process organisation and management, which incorporates a set of tools and methods for waste elimination with the focus on people development and continuous improvement.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Lean Problem: Why Conpanies Fail with Lean Implementation?

Miina¹

2012

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Lean thinking approach was reported in many papers to be very efficient and straightforward way towards process improvements in terms of p roductivity and value adding act ivities ratio. On other hand, it was also discovered that the system which is working very well in Toyota might not give similar effective results in other companies. Many manufacturers have failed in achiev ing success of lean th inking imp lementation. Cu rrent study is seeking the reasons of failures in lean thin king imp lementation. One of the proposals is that companies have to interpret their lean knowledge into own vision in form of lean house. Such proposal is derived from examp le of Scania, wh ich is one of the best examp les of lean thinking imp lementation outside the Toyota corporation. Study results indicate that success or failure of lean init iatives strongly depends on companies approach to it and on whether co mpany has created they own philosophy towards leanlean house.

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“…Considering that certain practices are specific to the culture transferring the concept is very difficult. (Williams et al, 1992). 8.…”

Section: Conflicts Between Lean and Sustainabilitymentioning

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Green Building and Lean Management: Synergies and Conflicts

Weinheimer¹,

Schmalz²,

Müller³

2017

25th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction

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The construction industry is one of the largest, most important and resource-intensive economic sectors, and at the same time one of the largest environmental polluters. About 30% of greenhouse gas emissions, approx. 40% of primary energy consumption and approx. 50% of waste is attributable to the building stock (DGNB 2013). In the future, the implementation of sustainable building concepts will gain more importance. The construction industry needs to improve resource efficiency, productivity, waste production and customer value.The aim of this thesis is to present approaches considering the contribution of Lean methods in the context of Real Estate sustainability.

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Against lean production

Cited by 164 publications

References 4 publications

Insatiable demand or academic supply: the intellectual context of entrepreneurship education

Insatiable demand or academic supply: the intellectual context of entrepreneurship education

Lean Problem: Why Conpanies Fail with Lean Implementation?

Green Building and Lean Management: Synergies and Conflicts

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