Jahanyar Bamdad Soufi; Reza Gharacipour
Volume 8, Issue 19 , December 2010, , Pages 23-52
Abstract
Creating value for stakeholders with maximum productivity is a goal obtained by lean enterprise. In this paper designing comprehensive and valid assessment model is observed for lean enterprise, after reviewing literature and comparing assessment models of lean enterprise to each other, the conceptual ...
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Creating value for stakeholders with maximum productivity is a goal obtained by lean enterprise. In this paper designing comprehensive and valid assessment model is observed for lean enterprise, after reviewing literature and comparing assessment models of lean enterprise to each other, the conceptual research models was designed by considering assessment models of lean enterprise and also APQC framework for classifying the processes in three dimensions: Enablers, Business Processes and Business Results. For this, the three main Iranian automakers Iran khodro, SAIPA and Pars khodro have been assessed by performing a field research through their managers’ viewpoints. Next, the research model and impressing the model dimension on each other have been considered and validated by structural equation modeling. Therefore, it has been used from conformity factor analysis, path analysis and t-value. Shanon Entropy has been used in order to weight the components and variables of the model. The results obtained shows that enablers impress on business results through business processes and there are meaningful relations among them. In addition to impress triple model dimension on each other, their factors have a meaningful relationship with each other. In other words, we cannot achieve the lean enterprise model without making strong links between its factors and components, and it is necessary to create integration within its components and factors.
Jamshid Salehi Sadaghiani; Reza Gharaeepour
Volume 3, Issue 9 , June 2005, , Pages 73-91
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In recent years 360 degree feedback have been in a growing number of leading firms and it has become a tool for assessing manager competencies and providing feedback them about how they are viewed by direct subordinates peers and in order to changing their behaviors. Its popularity is of problems ...
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In recent years 360 degree feedback have been in a growing number of leading firms and it has become a tool for assessing manager competencies and providing feedback them about how they are viewed by direct subordinates peers and in order to changing their behaviors. Its popularity is of problems of traditional assessment systems and advantages of 360 degree feedback. Indeed the 360 degree feedback is designed to enable all the stakeholders in a person’s performance to comment and give feedback: their boss or indirect reports peers and internal or external customers and so on. This empirical research data was collected through specific questionnaire eight competencies including communicating planning organizing controlling leadership decision making & teamwork from four self, boss, direct subordinates and customers. Analyzing data by ANOVA technique shows that there are a significant difference self, boss subordinates and customers perception in managers’ competency assessment. Then assessment results of each source have been grouped by LSD technique: firs group is self-assessment is subordinates and customers assessment and finally third group is assessment.
G. Khoshsima; C. Lucas; M. Haji Bagheri
Volume 2, Issue 5 , June 2004, , Pages 127-145
Abstract
In today’s dynamic and uncertain environment responsiveness is one of the most important priorities and characteristics of manufacturing organizations. Responsiveness is a multidimensional concept and vague notion. For this reason we are often facing many problems when assessing it.
Thus, in this ...
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In today’s dynamic and uncertain environment responsiveness is one of the most important priorities and characteristics of manufacturing organizations. Responsiveness is a multidimensional concept and vague notion. For this reason we are often facing many problems when assessing it.
Thus, in this paper we explain a knowledge-based methodology for the measurement and assessment of organizational responsiveness. At first, we explain responsiveness dimensions (Strategic Alignment, People, Process and Technology). In the next stage we will use the knowledge that is presented via "IF {fuzzy antecedents} THEN {fuzzy consequents} rules", to assess organizational responsiveness.