Improving continuous improvement with CATeam: Lessons from a longitudinal case study

V. Barent, H. Krcmar, H. Lewe, G. Schwabe

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Abstract

Continuous improvement is a well known method for improving an organization step by step. This paper shows that with computer support even an improvement process can be improved. It presents a long-term study of GSS use in the Hohenheim Computer Aided Team (CATeam) room. Over two years the authors observed a natural group performing a continuous improvement process to improve their own work. The paper discusses four improvement meetings by combining case descriptions with analysis of the observed meetings. Chapters of this paper deal with anonymity, voting, managerial issues, organizational change and effects of the overall process on the group itself. Finally the authors conclude with some lessons on how to perform improvement meetings with computer support and give some basic success factors.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 28th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 1995
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages200-209
Number of pages10
ISBN (Electronic)0818669306
DOIs
StatePublished - 1995
Externally publishedYes
Event28th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 1995 - Wailea, United States
Duration: 3 Jan 19956 Jan 1995

Publication series

NameProceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
Volume4
ISSN (Print)1530-1605

Conference

Conference28th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 1995
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityWailea
Period3/01/956/01/95

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