商业改善策略还是有用的工具？分析5S管理概念在日本、英国和美国的应用【外文翻译】.doc

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Business improvement strategy or useful tool? Analysis of the application of the 5S concept in Japan, the UK and the US
This research investigates how a Japanese philosophy for life, the 5S concept, has been applied to achieve business improvement in Japan, the UK and the US. An exploratory study into an under-researched area, the research utilises frameworks provided by Osada (1989, 1991) and Hirano (1995, 1996). A quantitative content analysis approach of the websites of 217 businesses is used. Lexical analysis of the manifest content of World Wide Web business domains facilitates understanding of the ways in which 5S has been adopted and implemented. The research finds that Japan emphasises 5S as a strategy for business excellence, requiring participation both at work and in the home. In the UK and US, 5S is viewed as a system or tool for the workplace only. The findings suggest that a balanced understanding of both ‘5S as a philosophy or way’ and‘5S as a technique or tool’ could define the ultimate goal of 5S as a management approach to solve problems in the workplaces and processes anisations.
Keywords: 5S; Japan; US; UK; business improvement; content analysis
Introduction
The 5S concept (5S) has its origins in a Japanese acronym for seiri (organisation), seiton (neat-ness), seiso ¯ (cleaning), seiketsu (standardisation) and shitsuke (discipline), a philosophy that is embedded in Japanese everyday life. Literature suggests that since the Second World War, two major frameworks for understanding and applying 5S to business environments have arisen, one proposed by Osada (1989, 1991), the other by Hirano (1995, 1996).This paper investigates and clarifies the ways in which 5S has been understood and implemented by Japanese and Western businesses. An e of this undertaking has been to address current deficiencies in the literatur
e concerning the applicability of 5S when transferred from one country to another. This research also highlights t