Identification of Key Success Factors and Kaizen Implementation for Sustainable Development
| dc.contributor.advisor | Ephrem, Gidey (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Wubshet Mulatu, Mulatu | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-12-19T11:34:46Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-18T06:26:50Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-12-19T11:34:46Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-18T06:26:50Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018-10 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Kaizen means continuous improvement involving everyone from top management to shop floor workers. Kaizen originated in Japan to be applied in the improvement of productivity, quality, efficiency, and it is also the overriding concepts behind good management and problem solving tool. The Government of Ethiopia introduced Kaizen as one of the change tools. The purpose of this thesis focused on identifying critical success factors for sustainable first phase Kaizen implementation in Addis Ababa manufacturing companies. The study design is descriptive research. Both qualitative and quantitative data were used on six sample factories. In order to achieve the objectives of the research, case study methodology were utilized. This thesis presents the results of a survey with final eight key success factors for kaizen implementation and four key success factors for kaizen sustainability. The questionnaire was applied to 128 employees in five sample factories and 40 formal and informal interviews for case factory. The data collected were analyzed using Microsoft office Excel and IBM SPSS Statistics version 23 software. Based on literature review and collected data‟s analyzed, this study proposed and developed a conceptual framework for improving kaizen implementation practice and enhancing sustainability of the implementation. It has expressed as representative evidence the existing key success factors of kaizen sustainability in Ethiopia companies. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/12345678/15195 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | AAU | en_US |
| dc.subject | kaizen, sustainability | en_US |
| dc.subject | continuous improvement | en_US |
| dc.subject | challenge | en_US |
| dc.title | Identification of Key Success Factors and Kaizen Implementation for Sustainable Development | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |