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The daily work of Lean leaders – lessons from manufacturing and healthcare

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Pages 886-898 | Published online: 10 Jun 2013

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Emel Sadikoglu, Jonathan Jäger, Sevilay Demirkesen, Carolin Baier, Svenja Oprach & Shervin Haghsheno. (2023) Investigating the Impact of Lean Leadership on Construction Project Success. Engineering Management Journal 0:0, pages 1-15.
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John Nicholas. (2023) Lean daily management in healthcare: origins, practices, and associations with lean leadership and lean sustainability. Total Quality Management & Business Excellence 34:11-12, pages 1526-1552.
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Débora Bianco, Moacir Godinho Filho, Lauro Osiro, Gilberto Miller Devós Ganga & Guilherme Luz Tortorella. (2023) The driving and dependence power between Lean leadership competencies: an integrated ISM/fuzzy MICMAC approach. Production Planning & Control 34:11, pages 1037-1061.
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Desirée H. van Dun, Guilherme L. Tortorella & Lara Carminati. (2023) Lean leadership across different national cultures: a comparative study. Production Planning & Control 0:0, pages 1-18.
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Marte D.-Q. Holmemo, Jonas A. Ingvaldsen & Daryl Powell. (2023) Beyond the lean manager. Total Quality Management & Business Excellence 34:1-2, pages 19-31.
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Algan Tezel, Lauri Koskela & Patricia Tzortzopoulos. (2023) Implementation of continuous improvement cells: a case study from the civil infrastructure sector in the UK. Production Planning & Control 34:1, pages 68-90.
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Philipp Reynders, Maneesh Kumar & Pauline Found. (2022) ‘Lean on me’: an integrative literature review on the middle management role in lean. Total Quality Management & Business Excellence 33:3-4, pages 318-354.
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Victoria Cluley, Nicola Bateman & Zoe Radnor. (2021) The use of visual images to convey complex messages in health settings: Stakeholder perspectives. International Journal of Healthcare Management 14:4, pages 1098-1106.
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Daniel Barberato Henrique, Moacir Godinho Filho, Giuliano Marodin, Ana Beatriz Lopes de Sousa Jabbour & Charbel Jose Chiappetta Jabbour. (2021) A framework to assess sustaining continuous improvement in lean healthcare. International Journal of Production Research 59:10, pages 2885-2904.
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André Seidel, Tarcisio Abreu Saurin, Guilherme Luz Tortorella & Giuliano Almeida Marodin. (2019) How can general leadership theories help to expand the knowledge of lean leadership?. Production Planning & Control 30:16, pages 1322-1336.
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Stefan Kurpjuweit, Dagmar Reinerth, Christoph G. Schmidt & Stephan M. Wagner. (2019) Implementing visual management for continuous improvement: barriers, success factors and best practices. International Journal of Production Research 57:17, pages 5574-5588.
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Marcel F. van Assen. (2018) Exploring the impact of higher management’s leadership styles on Lean management. Total Quality Management & Business Excellence 29:11-12, pages 1312-1341.
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Marte D.-Q. Holmemo, Monica Rolfsen & Jonas A. Ingvaldsen. (2018) Lean thinking: outside-in, bottom-up? The paradox of contemporary soft lean and consultant-driven lean implementation. Total Quality Management & Business Excellence 29:1-2, pages 148-160.
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Kjeld Harald Aij & Sofia Rapsaniotis. (2017) Leadership requirements for Lean versus servant leadership in health care: a systematic review of the literature. Journal of Healthcare Leadership 9, pages 1-14.
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Chiara Verbano, Maria Crema & Francesco Nicosia. (2017) Visual management system to improve care planning and controlling: the case of intensive care unit. Production Planning & Control 28:15, pages 1212-1222.
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Pramila Gamage, Nihal P. Jayamaha & Nigel P. Grigg. (2017) Acceptance of Taguchi's Quality Philosophy and Practice by Lean practitioners in apparel manufacturing. Total Quality Management & Business Excellence 28:11-12, pages 1322-1338.
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Rupert L. Matthews & Peter E. Marzec. (2017) Continuous, quality and process improvement: disintegrating and reintegrating operational improvement?. Total Quality Management & Business Excellence 28:3-4, pages 296-317.
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Marte D.-Q. Holmemo & Jonas A. Ingvaldsen. (2016) Bypassing the dinosaurs? – How middle managers become the missing link in lean implementation. Total Quality Management & Business Excellence 27:11-12, pages 1332-1345.
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Jostein Langstrand & Erik Drotz. (2016) The rhetoric and reality of Lean: a multiple case study. Total Quality Management & Business Excellence 27:3-4, pages 398-412.
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Anette Karltun, Johan Karltun, Denis Alves Coelho, Karin Havemose & Sofia Kjellström. (2023) The work of first line managers – A key to resilience in manufacturing. Applied Ergonomics 110, pages 103993.
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Débora Bianco, Moacir Godinho Filho, Lauro Osiro & Gilberto Miller Devós Ganga. (2023) Unlocking the Relationship Between Lean Leadership Competencies and Industry 4.0 Leadership Competencies: An ISM/Fuzzy MICMAC Approach. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management 70:6, pages 2268-2292.
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