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Rola pomysłów pracowniczych i kultury kaizen w kreowaniu innowacyjności przedsiębiorstw
The Role of Employee Ideas and Kaizen Culture in Creation of Innovative Enterprises

Author(s): Jan M. Janiszewski, Marek Krasiński
Subject(s): Economy, Business Economy / Management
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
Keywords: system of employee ideas; kaizen; continous improvement, innovation

Summary/Abstract: In the first part of the article authors presents the synthetic definition of innovationand the roots of innovations creation. In the next part the definition and types of suggestionssystems are being presented and defined. There is also the definition of continuous improvementidea – kaizen. In the final part authors presents the issue of functioning of the employeesuggestion systems in the context of creating innovation in Polish enterprises. The aimof the article is to show the role of employee ideas as an internal source of innovation in theenterprise. The conclusions are based on interviews with the managers responsible for thefunctioning of the suggestions systems in their companies.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 48/3
  • Page Range: 403-414
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish