Implementation Workshop: High Performance Work Organizations

Since the rise of the industrial revolution, there are few challenges that compare in scale and scope with the challenge of implementing lean principles in order to achieve high performance work systems. This report summarize key insights and learning by representatives from a cross section of organ...

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Main Authors: Klein, Jan, Cutcher-Gershenfeld, Joel, Barrett, Betty
Format: Presentation
Language:en_US
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2004
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/7334
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Summary:Since the rise of the industrial revolution, there are few challenges that compare in scale and scope with the challenge of implementing lean principles in order to achieve high performance work systems. This report summarize key insights and learning by representatives from a cross section of organizations who are on this journey. Specifically, we report on findings from the first Lean Aircraft Initiative (LAI) Implementation Workshop, which was held on February 5-6, 1997.