Implementation and adoption practices of kaizen philosophy: the case of some selected woreda educational office of Jimma zone

Abstract

This study was deals with theImplementation and adoption practices of kaizen philosophy: the case of some selected educational office of Jimma zone. Descriptive survey research design was used. And mixed approach research methodology was used. The data was collected from 7 selected woreda education offices of Jimma zone. 106 poplations which includes 7 head officers and 99 employes were selected by using simple random sampling method. . The result of finding shows that regarding the extent of Jimma Zone education office practice of the Implementation of Kaizen philosophy; most of the respondants were respond that there is no satisfactory practice of the Implementation of Kaizen philosophy. The grand mean result was 2.634 with a standard deviation 0.552. similarly the result of the second objective about the perception of employee towards adoption practices of Kaizen philosophy; most of the respondants have no posetive perception towards the adoption practices of Kaizen philosophy. The grand mean result was 2.432 with a standard deviation of 0.488. moreover the third objective was about the challenges observed in adoption of the implementation practice of Kaizen philosophyiy. The grand mean was 2.60 with a standard deviation of 0.507. Finally, the result from correlation coefficients (Kaizen implementation practice, perception on kaizen and evaluative of kaizen was 0.633** 0.731** and 0.863**. At p = .000). From this finding it can be concludes that there is no satisfactory practice of the Implementation and they have no posetive perception towards the adoption practices of Kaizen philosophy. Due to lack of good work attitude, skill, and lack of knowledge about kaizen principles,techniques and tools. Moreover due to the leadership system was traditional before starting kaizen and other change tools there is lack of awareness about kaizen and benefit of kaizen in the service sector. Based on these conclusion it can be recommended for zonal education office and weredas education offices to investigate current improvement practices to determine whether formal improvement processes are in place. In addition the research recommend the selected jimma zone educational office to become involved through well-planned programs in the advancement of its implementation practice.