카이젠의 성공적인 도입방안

Japanese firms have been so successful in the world market especially in the 1980s due to their innocation technique, Kaizen. In the past decade, however, some countries, such as the United States, have recovered their competitiveness since they have benchmarked Japanese firms. The objective of this research is to identify the strengths and weaknesses of Kaizen and suggest a checklist during its implementation in order to recommend future directions of Kazen for Korean firms so that those firms adopting it can prevent possible failures and gain competitive advantage. Recommended future directions include the strong leadership of the top management during the implementation of Kaizen and employees` willingness to put the vision of their company first and their own interests second.