Continuous Improvement in Higher Education-How to Begin Your Institution’s Lean Journey

✍ Scribed by Bonnie Slykhuis (Author)

• Publisher: Productivity Press
• Year: 2019
• Leaves: 145
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Is your college or university struggling with how to adapt to budget cuts, changing student needs, technology, or regulatory changes? Do you have a program or staff assigned to help coordinate change efforts? Are you ready to become more proactive in how you react to the changes that affect your institution? Structured continuous process-improvement programs have benefitted manufacturing companies for decades, but what works in manufacturing does not work the same way in education!

This book, written by a higher education Lean practitioner using real examples from higher education, shows you how to create a continuous-improvement program specifically for higher education It walks you through the key steps for building your first-year continuous-improvement plan. It provides templates, checklists, and best practices to assist in your planning process. Whether you are a Lean novice or a current Lean/continuous-improvement practitioner, this book will add tools to your tool kit and lay the groundwork for successful change initiatives.

✦ Table of Contents

1 Big Picture Rationale

2 What Is Lean and Continuous Improvement?

3 What Is Waste?

4 Common Types of Waste

5 Lean Tools

6 Do Your Research

7 Determine Budget and Who’s Driving Your Efforts

8 Determining Purpose

9 Planning Your Lean Journey

10 Leaders on Board

11 All on Board

12 Communication

13 Preparing to Launch

14 Planning Considerations

15 Working Your First Year Plan

16 Conclusion