Canon Production System (CPS)

Being a part of the Canon Production System (CPS), the Five Ss movement helped change → attitudes. Employees started readily follow workplace rules that previously had been difficult to employ. As a result, performance measures such as defect rates, equipment breakdowns, and number of accidents have all been improved... More

 → Continuous Improvement Firm 

To create an organization that could sustain its → competitive advantage regardless of marketplace whims and what their competitors were building, HP founders based their → corporate culture on the integration and reinforcement of critical opposites. This became known as the Hewlett-Packard Way. HP has achieved "what appears to be the greatest dichotomy: creating an environment that celebrates individualism, but at the same time one that is also wholly supportive of → teamwork . Although HP people are taught to engage in cross-functional teams, they are also rated on the performance of decentralized business units and personal achievement," writes Anne Bruce in How To → Motivate Every Employee... More 

"Creating a → culture in which every person in your organization, at every level, thinks and acts like an owner means that you need to aim individual performance with your company's most important objectives," says Michael Dell, the Founder of the Dell Inc.