Psychology studies have for some time shown that, as humans, we tend to recognise the ownership of ideas and that the unauthorised use of others’ ideas is frowned upon (Olson and Shaw, 2011). Morally, a person is often said to have a natural right to the product of their brain (Vaver, 1990)....

Web-based idea management systems (IMS) have helped many organisations to adapt their creativity processes to the new way of working in response to the global pandemic. IMS provide a systematic and manageable idea generation and evaluation process in the virtual environment. Many well-known...

Purpose: This study analyses the existing literature on continuous improvement (CI) initiatives and dynamic capabilities (DCs) development to answer the question whether CI initiatives foster development of DCs in organizations.Design/methodology/approach: We performed a systematic literature...

Regulation regarding compensation for employee inventions can reduce disputes between employer and any employee inventor by making transparent the legal rights. Although many such patents do not recover their costs, some make immense profits for the company. Therefore, introduction of a system...

Idea management process speeds up the innovation process by providing a systematic and manageable way of generating ideas vital to continues improvement and development within an organisation. There are many web-based tools that can support organisations with their idea management process. Based...

This chapter explores the right to continuous improvement of living conditions as a response to poverty. Specifically, this chapter addresses several conceptual issues which stem from the right. These issues are the baseline from which improvement must be made, the limits on continuity of...

The purpose of this paper is to create and test an idea management sequence framework to reinvent or redefine the value proposition. Idea management with sequencing activities must be considered as a systematic managerial process and should not be confused with the occasional result of an...

Can artificial intelligence (AI) uncover new ideas? As machines are learning fast and becoming increasingly intelligent, can AI not only automate the production function of goods and services, but also of ideas? Economic growth arises from people creating ideas, and thus an affirmative answer to...

Digitisation of business processes has attracted practitioner attention across a wide range of industries as it enables enterprises to better manage their processes and improve results. The rate of digitisation has grown over the last decade and has become essential for enterprises to handle...

The Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) is a useful framework that helps explain people's behavior across a wide range of settings. The present study adopted the TPB to investigate factors that affect the complexity of the learning intention of workers involved with a lean manufacturing training...

Purpose: The article analyses the impact of continuous improvement (system and teams) on business sustainability dimensions (social, environmental, operational and financial) as a competitive strategy to create value for all stakeholders in emerging economy context. Design/methodology/approach:...

The critical review of the evolution of the balanced scorecard model and the expansion of its application provide a solution to a key two-dimensional problem of managers from all sectors of social development related to the relationship between strategies and intangible assets. On the one hand,...

Having no standardization work process means no quality. Everyone will do this task differently. Tracking the source of errors is difficult without the work standard. When a leader perform gemba walk on shop floor to observe the situation, there is no benefit from the walk when there is no...

This paper examines the important features of Total quality Management and its relative importance and its impact on manufacturing. TQM variables are identified for effective implementation with example. There has been particular interest of quality in manufacturing to avoid delays and save...

The rudiments and repercussions of the transformative global economy have reshaped the Service Management industry and other developed economies. Business process innovation using Lean Six Sigma (LSS) methodology has long been considered to improve service quality, process efficiency, and...

As ever more companies encourage their employees to realize innovations, a surplus of ideas that exceeds the available resources to implement them has become reality in many organizations. With this paper, we follow recent calls for designing IT-supported, comprehensive, multi-attributive idea...

One of the most frequently implemented tools in Polish enterprises, which arises from the Lean Management concept, here understood in its broader sense, are so called schemes of employee suggestion. Their primary objective is to activate (motivate) employees of a specific enterprise to share...

A continual improvement process is an ongoing effort to improve products, services, or processes. Delivery processes are evaluated and improved through continual customer evaluation in the light of efficiency and effectiveness, especially for e-customers active on social media. For this and much...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to analyze the conditions under which continuous improvement practices are developed and to determine what success factors and barriers affect the sustainability of these practices in order to establish strategies that reduce the risk of failure of...