A review and perspective on Lean in higher education

WK Balzer, DE Francis, TC Krehbiel… - Quality assurance in …, 2016 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to synthesize the accumulated body of research on
Lean in higher education, draw conclusions to help guide successful Lean implementations …

Lean thinking for education: development and validation of an instrument

E Sfakianaki, A Kakouris - International Journal of Quality & Reliability …, 2019 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to respond to the increasing demands that education
currently faces and develop a structured approach for the implementation of lean thinking …

The lean-performance relationship in services: a theoretical model

W Hadid, S Afshin Mansouri - International Journal of Operations & …, 2014 - emerald.com
Purpose–The extant literature on lean service reveals a noticeable lack of theoretical
models establishing the core constructs of lean service, their interrelation and impact on …

Impact of social and technical lean management on operational performance in manufacturing SMEs: the roles of process and management innovations

AB Abdallah, RZ Alkhaldi, MM Aljuaid - … Process Management Journal, 2021 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of the current study is to address a debatable issue in the extant
literature regarding lean management (LM), innovation and operational performance (OP) …

Lean thinking and higher education management: revaluing the business school programme management

S Zighan, A El-Qasem - International Journal of Productivity and …, 2021 - emerald.com
Purpose This paper explores the applications of lean thinking in re-evaluating the business
school curriculum, syllabus and intended learning objectives to enhance the employability of …

The knowledge and importance of Lean Education based on academics' perspectives: an exploratory study

AC Alves, CP Leao, AF Uebe-Mansur… - Production Planning & …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
This paper presents an exploratory study on the knowledge and importance of integrating
Lean Education in curricula from the Academy perspective. The study was based on the …

Lean thinking in lean times for education

A Kakouris, E Sfakianaki, M Tsioufis - Annals of Operations Research, 2022 - Springer
Education is a valuable asset that contributes much to economic growth and social
development. Due to the economic downturn of the last decade, education is under …

Lean readiness factors for higher education

A Kakouris, E Sfakianaki, M Kapaj - International Journal of Lean Six …, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose This paper aims to identify the readiness factors (RFs) required for the deployment
of lean initiatives within the context of higher education (HE), a field not yet significantly …

A preliminary framework for assessing lean implementation in higher education

J Cross, M Joshi, P Jensen - International Journal of Productivity and …, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose This study aims to develop and implement an initial framework for assessing
progress in lean implementation within an higher education institution (HEI). It includes …

When workplace learning fails: individual and organisational limitations–exemplarily demonstrated by the issue of responsibility in work life

C Harteis - … Journal of Human Resources Development and …, 2012 - inderscienceonline.com
There is a consensus in educational, managerial, and business debates that economic and
societal changes in globalisation demand knowledge-based enterprises and employees …