If there is a great willingness to change, management can apply the Kaizen principle. Kaizen means continuous improvement of all corporate functions, including processes, products and services involving all employees and managers.
Kaizen is an important Japanese management concept.
Rechtsanwalt Dipl.-Ing. Michael Horak, LL.M.
Compliance in constant change
Steady change lies in the nature of compliance. Jurisdictions in the field of data protection or technical compliance are constantly subject to adjustments. These adjustments continually put new demands on companies.
Western societies and Asian organizations
Western societies and companies stand for stability and established habits. Asian organisations, on the other hand, tend towards innovative approaches.
Continued pursuit of improvement – that's how you could rewrite Kaizen. The pursuit of permanent improvements in the performance creation process and in terms of performance results comes from the Japanese. The continuous improvement process is aimed at small, well-managed improvement steps in particular. Further improvements are possible in every condition.
Kaizen means improvement
Literally, Kaizen means "improvement." The term includes the two elements KAI (change) and ZEN (goods).
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Exercise Kaizen
The concept of corporate governance, which is oriented towards Kaizen, is to keep a continuous improvement process going.
Kaizen never stops.
Rechtsanwalt Dipl.-Ing. Michael Horak, LL.M.
If management involves all employees in small steps, it can achieve a constant improvement in all value creation activities.
Kaizen always requires – in the sense of continuous development – to analyse its own activities.
Rechtsanwalt Dipl.-Ing. Michael Horak, LL.M.
Seeing error as a chance
Problems and difficulties in the company see Kaizen philosophy as an opportunity to learn from the mistakes made.
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