| Keywords [eng] |
kaizen, lean, involvement, lean in Lithuania, lean Lietuvoje, kaizenai, factors of employee involvement, involvement in kaizen. |
| Abstract [eng] |
This Master’s thesis focuses on various factors, which impact employees' involvement in one of the Lean tools – Kaizen, as well as what benefits employee involvement in Kaizens brings to the company and employees themselves. Master’s thesis aim is to identify the main factors of employee involvement in Kaizen in a Lithuanian manufacturing company. The objectives include analysis of thesis-related scientific literature, identification of the company, and personal (employee) derived factors of employee involvement in Kaizen. Also to find out what benefits to the company and employees involvement in Kaizen brings. Additionally, conclusions and recommendations for the company were provided, based on the empirical results. A quantitative research method was used to conduct this study. Data was collected using a questionnaire at the manufacturing company in Lithuania, which operates according to Lean principles. Research results confirmed other findings, discussed in the literature analysis. Research confirmed that all identified factors were significantly contributing to employee involvement in Kaizen, with process control, training, and management being the main factors for the company participating in this research. |
