Organizational Culture: The Key for Successful Application of Lean Production System

Tandelilin, Elsye (2007) Organizational Culture: The Key for Successful Application of Lean Production System. In: Biennial International Conference On I/O Psychology, 9 Agustus 2007, Universitas Gajah Mada, Jogjakarta, Indonesia.

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Abstract

Todays, we live and work in a dynamic environment where increasing global competition and shifting social expectations demand new managerial responses. Organizations are being reinvented around themes of 'participation', 'involvement', 'flexibility', 'teamwork' and more. All this is accompanied by renewed quests for productivity , competitive and distinctive advantages through operating efficiency, new technology and total dedication to product quality and customer satisfaction. Lean production system is one of systems which created to reach those goals. In fact, many organizations fail to apply this system, although they have a good knowledge about lean system. Why? The focus of using a set of lean tools such as just in time without considering organizational culture is pointed as its cause. It means that lean tools applications are viewed as a "lean thinking", not followed by understanding the whole systems as an integrated. Toyota Corporation is one of the company which success in application this system. The key success is the changing of mindset of the employees both operational level and managerial level. The changing is influence the employee's ~alues, perspectives, attitudes and behavior. Finally, it's creating lean culture and consistence application throughout an organization. Lean culture is needed to make this system running well in all dimensions, philosophy, technical, and management as well as human resources aspects. Furthermore, building lean culture is not an instant process. It means that an organization must be followed a set of processes and stages. Yet, sometimes there is employee resistance for many reasons. The using of ADKAR (Awareness, Desire, Knowledge, Ability and Reinforcement) Model could overcome the employee resistance, so that lean culture system constantly applied in throughout an organization.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	lean production system, lean culture, mindset, adkar model
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory
Divisions:	Faculty of Business and Economic > Department of Management
Depositing User:	Adpesdam Ubaya
Date Deposited:	24 May 2013 07:12
Last Modified:	09 Sep 2021 04:36
URI:	http://repository.ubaya.ac.id/id/eprint/3446

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