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Short and Longer Run Impacts of Kaizen Management Training: The Case in Tanzania
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Date&time:
February 4, 2016. (Thursday) 14：30-16：00
Venue:
Theme:
Short and Longer Run Impacts of Kaizen Management Training: The Case in Tanzania
Abstract
We
conducted
a
randomized
experiment
among
Tanzanian
small
garment
manufacturers
to
examine
the
impacts
of
short-term
basic
management
training.
Our
training
featured
a
common-sense
approach
to
production
management,
Kaizen,
and
was
taught
in
two
different
modes:
one
in
classroom
and
the
other
on
site.
Using
panel
data
collected
before
and
after
the
training
interventions
in
the
span
of
four
years
with
negligible
attrition
rate,
we
find
that
our
training
programs
improved
entrepreneurs’
management
capacity
and
such
improvement
remained
significant
for
three
years
after
the
intervention.
Although
the
training
impact
on
business
performance
was
not
significant
shortly
after
the
training,
the
entrepreneurs
received
both
classroom
and
on-site
training
had
significantly
higher
value
added
three
years
after
the
training
programs.
Such
business
improvement
can
be
explained
by
the
selected
adoption
of
relevant
management
practices
and
the
change
in
investment
behavior
of
the
training
participants.
The
time
lag
between
the
training
intervention
and
the
business
improvement
suggests
the
importance
of
collecting
panel
data
in
a
long
span
to
evaluate
the
impacts
of
management
training.
Speaker：
Yuki Higuchi (Nagoya City University, Graduate School of Economics)
Chair:
Jiyoung KIM
Languages:
English
KIM, Jiyoung E-mail：Jiyoung_Kim
LEI, Lei E-mail：Lei_Lei
OSADA, Noriyuki E-mail：Noriyuki_Osada