Kaizen and culture: on the transferability of Japanese suggestion systems

Ricardo Recht and Celeste Wilderom

International Business Review, 1998, vol. 7, issue 1, 7-22

Abstract: The transferability of Kaizen-oriented suggestion systems (KOSS) to organizations outside Japan is discussed. It is concluded that, although national culture is to some extent the reason for Kaizen's success in Japan, a successful transfer of KOSS is less dependent on an amenable national culture than on the organizational culture.

Keywords: National; cultures; Organizational; cultures; Suggestion; systems; TQM (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1998
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