A methodology to surface aspects of organisational culture to facilitate lean implementation within SMEs. (14th December 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Alkhoraif, Abdullah Abdulaziz; McLaughlin, Patrick
• Is Part Of: International journal of operational research. Volume 40:Number 1(2021)
• Page Start: 52
• Page End: 91
• Publication Date: 2020-12-14
• Subjects: lean implementation -- LI -- organisational culture -- OC -- grounded theory -- action research -- small and medium-sized enterprises -- SMEs; Operations research -- Periodicals; 003.05
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1745-7645

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to provide an instructional guidance on how to surface aspects of organisational culture (OC) that effect lean implementation within small and medium sized manufacturing organisation. This paper describes how grounded theory and action research can be used inside each other. The paper suggests to not only using a translation method to validate the result but to use also inter-rate reliability to increase the validity and reduce the subjectivity. The paper also demonstrates how different technique can help management research by including in a time effective way.