The right improvement initiative for the right situation: A contextual and systems approach

Mohammad, Musli; Mann, Robin; Grigg, Nigel P.; Wagner, Jürgen

doi:10.1109/iccie.2010.5668362

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“… Ability to gain top management commitment and support [1,3,14].  Ability to allocate necessary resources to introduce and implement the initiatives successfully, such as funding and equipment [8,15].  Suit with the level of organisational excellence maturity [2,16].…”

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“…The most appropriate initiative depends on the context in which it is adopted, rather than assumed to be universally applicable. Managers and/or leaders in the organisations should therefore consider all related factors before selecting the right initiative for the situation [4,[7][8]. Therefore, the objectives of this study are to identify factors that should be considered when selecting organisational improvement initiative and assess the level of importance of each factor for selecting the improvement initiative.…”

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“…small, medium or large) [1][2][3]14].  The ability of the initiative to fit in with complement, integrate and/or to support other initiatives already in place, and might be used in the future [8,15].  Ability to implement the initiative easily in the organisation [4]  Value for implementing the initiative (based on the cost benefit analysis, Return of Investment (ROI) analysis and/or payback analysis) [3,8,14,18].…”

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“… Areas in which the initiative will be implemented (e.g. leadership and social responsibilities, planning and strategy, information, customer, process, and/or people) [8,19].…”

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Factors to Consider in Selecting an Organisational Improvement Initiative: Survey Results

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Abstract. Organisations should select the appropriate improvement initiative that will fit with the context of organisation and provide value to the organisation. This paper presents 18 factors to be considered when selecting an organisational improvement initiative. Organisational improvement initiatives are approaches, management systems, tools and/or techniques that can be used for managing and improving organisations, such as Lean, ISO9001, Six Sigma and Improvement Team. A survey was conducted to identify the level of importance of these 18 factors as criteria for selecting an improvement initiative. Purposive sampling was used for this survey involving practitioners, managers, engineers, executives, consultants and/or academicians, who have been involved in the selection and/or implementation of organisational improvement initiatives in Malaysia. Two factors were rated as 'very high importance', which involve: (1) The ability to gain top management commitment and support to introduce and implement the initiative successfully, and (2) The initiative is aligned to the vision, mission and/or purpose of the organisation. All these factors can be adopted by the organisations as decision criteria to assist in the selection of the most appropriate improvement initiative based on rational decision making.

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“… Areas in which the initiative will be implemented (e.g. leadership and social responsibilities, planning and strategy, information, customer, process, and/or people) [8,19].…”

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“…Unfortunately, numerous organisations are facing problems in selecting appropriate improvement initiatives due to more than one thousand improvement initiatives currently available in the market. Even more challenging is that the number of improvement initiatives increases every year, which makes it even harder to select the most appropriate initiative [4][5][6].…”

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Decision Support Tools for Selecting Organisational Improvement Initiatives: a Review

Mohammad¹,

Vattiyan²,

Yahya³

2018

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Decision support tools are used in many organisations to support organisational decision making activities. However, very limited studies have been found focussing on the decision support tools for selecting organisational improvement initiatives. Improvement initiatives are approaches, management systems, tools and/or techniques that can be used for managing and improving organisations, such as Lean, ISO9001 and Improvement Team. Four existing decision support tools were reviewed and compared. All four decision support tools consist of decision matrix, rating and ranking to assist in selecting appropriate improvement initiative. Finally, several potential future studies have been proposed.

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Exploring Decision-Making Methods in Lean Construction Tool Selection

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2024

Construction Research Congress 2024

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The right improvement initiative for the right situation: A contextual and systems approach

Cited by 5 publications

References 18 publications

Factors to Consider in Selecting an Organisational Improvement Initiative: Survey Results

Factors to Consider in Selecting an Organisational Improvement Initiative: Survey Results

Decision Support Tools for Selecting Organisational Improvement Initiatives: a Review

Exploring Decision-Making Methods in Lean Construction Tool Selection

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