Thanks
to new inventions and technological developments almost all organisations
make progress. In the words of Dr. J.M. Juran they are all evolutionary
progress. Unless and until an organisation engages itself over and
above that into continuous improvement they cannot survive in this
present tough competitive market condition. He calls it as revolutionary
progress.
To achieve this revolutionary progress managerial level will have
to take up chronic problems for finding solution using project by
project method. This is what Dr. J.M. Juran taught to the Japanese.
They added another dimension to this approach with Kaizen concept.
Kaizen
is a combination of two words where 'kai', means ‘change’ and ‘zen’
means ‘better’. Combined together, it means ‘changes for better
‘or’ continuous improvement’.
It is based
on a few simple concepts:
b.
While ‘Innovation’ or ‘big break through ideas may be occasional
and only a few have the ability to arrive at such break through
ideas, ‘Kaizen’ or simple improvements’ are possible for everyone
to achieve. The Japanese economic miracle is attributable to this
unique approach in all walks of their lives. We could see the demonstrative
evidence of this continuous improvement in all their products or
services. When everyone in ‘an organisation’ engage in ‘such an
activity, the result is very high and it is like “a little drops
of water make a mighty ocean’.