Abstract

This paper aims at identifying the combination of organisational culture profiles and leadership styles that best support companies implementing lean manufacturing practices. For that, 225 leaders from manufacturing companies at various stages of lean implementation were surveyed. The analytical approach clustered respondents and their respective firms according to prevailing organisational culture, leadership style and level of implementation of lean practices, testing for frequency differences among clusters. This study states that organisational culture profiles are related to leadership styles and lean manufacturing implementation level, suggesting different-from-expected effects of this relationship on lean manufacturing implementation. The study bridges a gap in the literature by exploring how the association between organisational culture and leadership styles occurs in companies that are adopting lean practices.

摘要

本文旨在确定最能支持公司实施精益制造实践的组织文化概况和领导风格的组合。为此，对来自精益实施不同阶段的制造公司的 225 位领导人进行了调查。分析方法根据流行的组织文化、领导风格和精益实践的实施水平将受访者及其各自的公司分组，测试集群之间的频率差异。本研究表明，组织文化概况与领导风格和精益制造实施水平有关，表明这种关系对精益制造实施的影响与预期不同。