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Lean Education: An Overview of Current Issues

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  • Provides a topical collection in Lean Education
  • Identifies multidisciplinary applications of Lean Education
  • Enables teachers in Lean Education to update their didactic expertise
  • Written by experts in the field
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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This edited volume presents a structured approach to a new lean education curriculum, implemented for the education of engineers, managers, administrators as well as human resources developers. The authorship comprises professors and lecturers, trainers and practitioners who educate future professionals in Lean Thinking principles and tools. This edited book provides a platform for authors to share their efforts in building a Body of Knowledge (BoK) for Lean Education. The topical spectrum is state-of-the-art in this field, but the book also includes a glimpse into future developments. This is a highly informative and carefully presented book, providing valuable insight for scholars with an interest in Lean Education.

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Minho , Guimarães, Portugal

    Anabela Carvalho Alves

  • Oakland University, Rochester, USA

    Shannon Flumerfelt

  • Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa

    Franz-Josef Kahlen

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Lean Education: An Overview of Current Issues

  • Editors: Anabela Carvalho Alves, Shannon Flumerfelt, Franz-Josef Kahlen

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45830-4

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-45828-1Published: 10 November 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-83380-4Published: 22 April 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-45830-4Published: 01 November 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 179

  • Number of Illustrations: 42 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Mechanical Engineering, Psychological Methods/Evaluation, Job Careers in Science and Engineering

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