Lean Six Sigma for Higher Education:Research and Practice

Edited by Jiju Antony, Raja Sreedharan V and Ayon Chakraborty

in World Scientific Books from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: Lean Six Sigma is one of the operational excellence methodologies that has been widely adopted in manufacturing, service and healthcare sectors. There are few articles discussing Lean Six Sigma in the Higher Education context. This book is a collection of articles carefully edited by three academics and practitioners who are based in the Higher Education sector. The book contains state-of-the-art literature review articles, empirical studies, emerging trends on Lean Six Sigma in Higher Education and case study related papers.

Keywords: Six Sigma; Higher Education; Systematic Literature Review; Lean; Kaizen; Academic Leadership; Quality; Big Data; Lean Six Sigma; Operational Excellence; Continuous Improvement; Case Study (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I20 I23 M10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
ISBN: 9781786348494
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Use of Six Sigma and Lean Six Sigma Methodologies in Higher Education Institutions: A Systematic Review , pp 1-20

Ahmed Al Kuwaiti

Ch 2 Recognising Waste in Higher Education Institutions Using Lean Thinking , pp 21-38

Jacqueline Ann Douglas, Jiju Antony, Maria Vinceza Ciasullo and Alexander Douglas

Ch 3 Kaizen and Its Role in the Higher Education Sector , pp 21-38

Ingo Kregel and André Coners

Ch 4 Academic Leadership — Special or Simple , pp 55-67

Stephen Anthony and Jiju Antony

Ch 5 Continuous Improvement Practices in Higher Education , pp 69-85

M Vijaya Sunder

Ch 6 An Empirical Study into the Use of Continuous Improvement Practices in Saudi Arabian Universities , pp 87-110

Saja Ahmed Albliwi and Jiju Antony

Ch 7 Change Management Practices for Lean Six Sigma Deployment in Higher Education Institutions , pp 111-127

M Vijaya Sunder

Ch 8 Lean Six Sigma Leadership in Higher Education Institutions , pp 129-137

Jing Lu, Arush Saxena, Chad Laux, Jenny Daugherty and Lin Qian

Ch 9 A Study into the Evaluation of the Status of Lean and Six Sigma Practices in the UK Higher Education , pp 139-152

Stephen Anthony and Jiju Antony

Ch 10 The Lean Six Sigma Journey at University College Cork, Ireland: Key Results, Challenges, and Lessons Learned , pp 153-170

Seamus O’Reilly, Joe Healy, Roan O’Dubhghaill and Tom Murphy

Ch 11 Lean Six Sigma Journey in a UK Higher Education Institute: A Case Study , pp 171-194

Jiju Antony, Stephanie Ashby, Abhijeet Ghadge and Elizabeth A. Cudney

Ch 12 Case Studies of Lean Six Sigma , pp 195-262

Jiju Antony, Raja Sreedharan V. and Ayon Chakraborty

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