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A Conceptual Framework For Assessing The Transferability Of The The Japanese Kaizen Management Techniques To Manufacturing Plants In Ethiopia, Asayehgn Desta
A Conceptual Framework For Assessing The Transferability Of The The Japanese Kaizen Management Techniques To Manufacturing Plants In Ethiopia, Asayehgn Desta
Asayehgn Desta
Based on its competitive success in the 1990s, in its aid package to support growth for those countries late to industrialization, Japan has used its kaizen management system, (a continual process of improvement which is related to quality and productivity) to intensify the capacity development goals of Africa as monitored by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JITC). Fully convinced that the Japanese kaizen management model would be an effective strategy for latecomers like Ethiopia to industrialization and realizing that the contribution of the manufacturing sector to GDP is only about 5 %, employees of thirty pilot companies from Ethiopia were …