Global Lean for higher education : a themed anthology of case studies, approaches, and tools / edited by Stephen Yorkstone.

Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge/Productivity Press, 2020.

Format/Description:

Book
1 online resource (xxxvi, 414 pages.)

Subjects:

Universities and colleges -- Administration -- Case studies.
Education, Higher -- Planning.

Contents:

Foreword / Bill Balzer
Establishing process improvement capability (research) / Rachel McAssey
Tools to get you started (tool) / Bonnie Slykhuis
VSM as a tool for creating a Lean culture in a university (tool) / Justyna Maciag
"Lean" into your service model : an institutional case study using library systems (institutional case study) / Tony L.H. Wai and Lenore O'Connor
Developing a continuous improvement service : from inception to reality in 18 months (approach) / Katie Wall
Identity and values to drive respect for people : a case-study based on embedding kindness as an organizational value (case study) / Susanne Clarke, Dr. Lois Farquharson, and Vianna Renaud
Inspiring sustainable higher education and Lean through a Lean ambassadors network (approach) / Tammi Sinha, Claire Lorrain
Improving performance through engagement : the impact of daily stand-ups in the University of Strathclyde (approach) / John Hogg and Heather Lawrence
Readiness to change towards Lean transformation among employee in Universiti Putra Malaysia (case study) / Siti Raba'ah Hamzah and Dalina Kamarudin
Applying Lean in projects, from visualisations to process engineering : it's covered! (approach) / Laura Hallett
BOSCARD, a scoping tool for Lean continuous improvement projects and beyond (tool) / Mark Robinson
Six Sigma as a method for improving university processes : the case of the academic assessment process (case study) / Justyna Maciag
Lean training to Lean projects (approach) / Marion Malcolm
Machine leaning : integrating Lean into it (case study) / Brian Stewart, LeeAnne Klein and Melanie Clements
Can information services lead a network of change agents in a HEI? (case study) / Linda Spinks
Lean, Kanban and Agile : a story of continuous improvement in a university software team (case study) / Richard Arkless
Every organisation needs a mole (tool) / Stuart Morris
Head, heart, hands : the three essentials to sustaining Lean (approach) / Valerie Runyan and Jennifer Bremner
Lessons from implementing Lean at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital (case study) / Chris Shannon
Lessons from Cardiff University's Lean experience (case study) / Sarah Lethbridge
Developing a culture : the essentials for continuous improvement (approach) / Natasha Bennett and John Perkins
Growing a Lean approach in a changing university (case study) / Brent Hurley and Stephen Yorkstone
Making sense of learning, practice and theory (approach) / Gretel Stonebridge, Hasan Ebrahim, Claire King, Amna Shehzadi, and Leanne Sowter
What if we knew the future could be different! (approach) / Dr. Radka Newton.

Notes:

"A Routledge title, part of the Taylor & Francis imprint, a member of the Taylor & Francis Group, the academic division of T&F Informa plc."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on print version record.

Contributor:

Yorkstone, Stephen, editor.
ProQuest ebook central

Other format:

Online version: Global Lean for higher education

ISBN:

9780429680281 (electronic bk.)
0429680287 (electronic bk.)
9780367024284
0367024284

Publisher Number:

99982358384

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.

Online:

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http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/2490416

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