ways of becoming more innovative Flashcards
what is the acronmy we use for ways of becoing more innovative
BIRDF
what is BIRDK
benchmarking
innovation
research and development
kaizen
what is kaizen
process of continuous improvement,
its management approach where employees regularly look for small imporvmetns in teh way they do their work
japanese
what does kaizen approach appreciate
the fact that small regular improvements can lead to major improvements in performance overtime
in terms of kaizen how do we do bring improvemnts
introduce kaizen groups
what are kaizen grous
Small meetings of employees hwo gather to focus on how to improve whats happening in their specific work sarea
in kaizen goups what are groups encouraged to do
come up with ideas however small on how to improve area of work - theyre expected to do this frequently
for kaizen groups to work - what are the 3 conditiona
employees must feel valued and want to contribute
must feel appreciated and trusted by maangers
feel something will improve as a result of these groups and managers will actually act on theses ideas
what are te 4 positives of kiazen
Motivaitng to op in kaizen enviro as ideas are being listend to increase productivity
Less waste is created as a result of this approach so more efficient and you reduce costs
Smaller changes are easier to impolemet as opposed to large changes so you get much less resistance so dont gotta spend time employign change management strategies
Smaller capital expenditure due to small changes - so capital exp on machinery will be smaller
what are the 2 negatives of KAIZEN
Quality circles take up lots of time as theyre frequent this can lead to less productivity for employees as spend time on devising action rather than putting it into place
Some may resist membership of kaizen group cuz feel theyre doing well enough already and may not be interested in helping the bs to do better
what is benchamrking
occurs when a bs tries to match the approach and successes of a particular process thats used by another org
,managers id the best in their field for particular aspect of work then try learn from tehm
give an example of benchmarking
when it comes to managing large # of vsiitors to a bs , bs might set disney as a best in its field and may set out to learn from disney and how it does things
what is the aim of benchmarkin
adopt best practices in the world and therefore improve your own performance
for benchamrking to work waht needs to happe
you need to be able to learn enough about processes used by the best and to be able to adopt and implement these processes effectively within your organisation
why may benchmarking not work
may be hard to access data
rivals is going to be reluctant to share info
Bs bencha,rking is clearly focusing on imporvemetn and learning fromteh best this suggest it will bring about change
internally
if a bs fails to meet benchark waht can managment do
create new strategies to enablreh then bs to meet the benchmark
strengths of benchmarking
by having top standards youre aiming for , it lead to higher aspirations for the employees which cna increase mitivatin and increasing motivation results in more productivity
and then the whole absenteeism malarky
what are negatoves of benchamrkign
May not be realsitic for your bs - can be overhwelimg leading to feelings incopmetency and demotivation lower productivity
May encourage you to be less innovative as you look ag what other ocmp are doing your simply copying them , instead of thinking of your wom ideas
what does benchamrking depend on
mcgregor x and y workers
what is intrapreneurship
Occurs when individuals within organisations are being entrepreneurial - taking risks and generating new ideas within division , department and follow them through
entrepreneur
individuals who have their own business ideas and are willing to take the risk to develop them
entrepreneurship occurs when
people start up their own businesses
in an organisation in reatino to intrapreneurship what does it need to be captured
entrepreneurial spirits are captured and applied within the business
