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Course 6
Leadership for the Lean Enterprise

 

Location: Lexington, KY

 
Participants will be able to:
  • Design structures that supports lean objectives
  • Deploy principles and practices that support a collaborative continuous learning organization
  • Compare and contrast the traditional
    leadership model versus the Toyota
    Leadership Model
  • Define executive roles versus that of
    subordinate management roles
  • Discuss cross-functional management
    practices
  • Design an over-all management system model
Course Dates: September 17-19, 2008
  November 12-14, 2008
March 11-13, 2009
June 10-12, 2009
September 16-18, 2009
December 9-11, 2009
 
On the basis of a comprehensive prototype of the lean business system, this capstone course surveys proven leadership models and applies them to the lean enterprise, creating the appropriate balance of strategic and operational controls. It equips lean champions with the organizational and behavioral tools to manage sustainable change and tests their learning. Focus areas are: collaborative structures, learning and teaching, dynamics, organization structures, and the importance of inquiry learning dynamics.

 
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