1. USING THE KAIZEN APPROACH WITHBUSINESS MANAGEMENT DEGREESContinuous Improvement

2. What is Kaizen? The Japanese word for continuousimprovement, kaizen,is often usedinterchangeably with the term continuousimprovement.Continuous Improvement 3. Why apply it to education at the collegelevel? Organizational performance can improvefrom knowledge gained throughexperience. Lessons learned frommistakes mean those mistakes are lesslikely to be repeated, while successesencourage students to try the same thingagain or continue to try new things.Continuous Improvement 4. Why apply it to education at the collegelevel? While this learning process occursthroughout the system it is particularlyimportant for accomplishing the long-termimprovement associated with continuousimprovement.Continuous Improvement 5. Why apply it to education at the collegelevel? In order for continuous improvement tobe successful, the organization must learnfrom past experience and translate thislearning into improved performance.Continuous Improvement 6. Charging Uphill: InnovationWhen people want to change, they usuallyturn first to the strategy of innovation.Although you may usually think ofinnovation as a type of creativebreakthrough, I'm using the term here asit's defined by business schools, where thevocabulary of success and change is highlyspecific.Continuous Improvement 7. According to this definition, innovation isa drastic process of change. Ideally, itoccurs in a very short period of time,yielding a dramatic turnaround.Innovation is fast and big and flashy; itreaches for the largest result in thesmallest amount of time.Continuous Improvement 8. Although the term may be new to you,the idea behind it is probably quitefamiliar. In the corporate world, examplesof innovation include highly painfulstrategies such as mass layoffs tostrengthen the bottom line as well asmore positive approaches such as majorinvestments in expensive newtechnologies.Continuous Improvement 9. We applaud innovation as a way to makechanges... when it works. Turning ourlives around on a dime can be a source ofconfidence and self-respect. But I haveobserved that many people are crippledby the belief that innovation is the onlyway to change.Continuous Improvement 10. We ignore a problem or challenge for aslong as possible, and then, when we areforced by circumstances or duress, weattempt to make a large leap towardimprovement.Continuous Improvement 11. When you improve a little each day,eventually big things occur. When youimprove learning a little each day,eventually you have a big improvement inlearning. Not tomorrow, not the next day,but eventually a big gain is made.Continuous Improvement 12. Don't look for the big, quick improvement.Seek the small improvement one day at atime. That's the only way it happens andwhen it happens, it lasts.Continuous Improvement 13. Rich countries have already made theleap from an industrial society to an ageof information: an age where humanbrainpower, knowledge and creativity willcontinue to replace machinery andbuildings as the main capital in society.Continuous Improvement 14. Poor countries now have the enormousopportunity to telescope history: to leapover the industrial era and straight intothe new age of networked intelligence.Continuous Improvement 15. But that new age also poses starkalternatives. For those with the newknowledge: a world of opportunity. Forthose without: the prospect ofunemployment, poverty and despair asthe old jobs disappear, the old systemscrumbleContinuous Improvement 16. A threefold purpose for study Studying should generally also have athreefold purpose: 1. To learn skills and knowledge about thespecific subjects - and how you can do thatfaster, better, easier. 2. To develop general conceptual skills -how you can learn to apply the same orrelated concepts in other areas. 3. To develop personal skills and attitudesthat can also easily be used in everything youdo.Continuous Improvement 17. Keep the mind open, the communicationclear We also make a strong plea to everyoneinvolved in education, learning andschooling: to keep an open mind, and tocommunicate the results of breakthrough-researchfactually, honestly and clearly.Continuous Improvement 18. The scope of this change forces us tocompletely rethink everything we've everunderstood about learning, education,schooling, business, economics andgovernment. In fact, schools can successfully introduceinformation technology only if they rethinkthe role of teaching and learning. If everystudent can retrieve knowledge whenrequired, then the teacher's main role is nolonger that of a information-provider.Continuous Improvement 19. At last we are also learning to make useof the most brilliant human resource ofall: the almost limitless power of thebillions of cells and trillions of connectionsthat make up the average human brain.Continuous Improvement 20. Colleges need to stay flexible Need to work with Global organizations onwhat is current in workplace Hands on Approach Open to new ways to engage studentsand learningContinuous Improvement 21. Treat college like a business, learning is ajob set high standards. High Standards attract good students Good students graduate/Improve bottomline. Mentorship and coaching Reduce unnecessary classes that dontapply to degrees.Continuous Improvement 22. ConclusionBy taking small steady steps to improve thestandard of education at the college levelwe can improve the global workplace whileimproving the colleges bottom line.Continuous Improvement 23. ReferencesInman, R. A. (2014). ContinuousImprovement. Retrieved fromhttp://www.referenceforbusiness.com:http://www.referenceforbusiness.com/management/Comp-De/Continuous-Improvement.htmlMaurer, R. (2004, September 08). Excerptfrom 'The Kaizen Way:One Small Step CanChange Your Life. Retrieved fromhttp://usatoday30.usatoday.com:http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/books/excerpts/2004-09-08-kaizen-way_x.htmContinuous Improvement 24. ReferencesVos, J., & Dryden, G. (1999). The LearningRevolution. Auckland: Learning Web Limited.Continuous Improvement