Förändringsarbete i skolan - med lean som inspiration
Lean-tavla - för röd tråds skull!
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During the middle of the 18th century the development of Toyota Production System, TPS, started in order to streamline the processes. TPS was based on the principles of assembly line production but unlike previous performers Toyota let the manufacturing be constantly affected by demand. At the end of the 18th century TPS was described by Womack and Jones in the book "The machine that changed the world - the story of lean producion" where TPS got the name lean. The principles behind lean is to maximize customer value and eliminate waste which means making products and services more valuable to the customer. 1Lean was for a long time a philosophy and an approach limited to industries and production based companies. In recent years, the principles behind lean have also started to be used in service-oriented and administrative businesses as well as in the public sector. It may often be more difficult to analyze the processes that create value for customers in the public sector, since it is run to fulfill needs rather than supplying on account of demands.2 Lean has not yet been established in the school environment but there are some good examples: A number of kindergartens in Stockholm have implemented lean and other schools and kindergartens have been inspired by the concept. The Sami School Board, which is the responsible authority of the Swedish Sami schools, has decided that all Sami schools shall implement a lean management tool called lean-board. A lean-board is one of the tools used in lean along with brief meetings around the board.The aim of this study is to help one of the Swedish Sami schools to start the implementation of a leanboard. The aim is also to research the perceptions of a selected group of teachers, on the changes that comes with implementation of a lean model. A workshop has been organized in order to start the implementation. Two focus group meetings were also arranged to find out the selected teachers sayings of change management related to the implementation and the relevance of the lean-board. The thesis is based on discourse analysis, which means that the analysis is based on the teachers? discourse and not underlying thoughts.The results of the study showed that the teachers had both positive and negative attitudes towards the lean-board. Attitudes changed during the process from negative to more positive attitudes. The study also showed that the lean board has relevance to the teachers work, although there is some doubt among the teachers in the focus group. As in previous research this study also shows that changes that are initiated from above, with little or no participation and understanding from employees, has a negative effect on the change process.