Lean strategy deployment (LSD) provides a means to create lasting value at reduced cost; yet most LSD efforts fail to attain sustainable improvements. The current study sought to gain an understanding of how leaders in oral healthcare manufacturing setting in the northeastern region of the United States can apply self-efficacy and leadership commitment during an LSD. Using Bandura’s theory of self-efficacy this qualitative phenomenological study examined the lived experiences and perceptions of 15 mid-to-senior level managers, concerning the use of self-efficacy and leadership commitment during a lean strategy deployment (LSD). The key findings resulted in 10 emergent themes. The top 3 highly regarded themes that emerged from this study were: (1) committing to a lean strategy deployment, (2) communicating lessons learned/changes, and (3) bringing the best out of employees. LSDs are not easy to implement. Many companies attempt to carry out lean activities and many of these same companies fail to have successful results. To be effective, leaders should focus on creating sound practices and give more attention to the human behaviors and leadership characteristics needed to support eliminating barriers and creating a lean culture.

Submitted by Silvana Teresinha Dornelles Studzinski (sstudzinski) on 2016-12-22T15:47:04Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Rodrigo Girotto Nuncio_.pdf: 9015441 bytes, checksum: ba36ba65e33dd26150cf94e964a158aa (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-12-22T15:47:04Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Rodrigo Girotto Nuncio_.pdf: 9015441 bytes, checksum: ba36ba65e33dd26150cf94e964a158aa (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-10-28 / Nenhuma / No atual contexto de ambientes complexos, competitivos e dinâmicos, estratégia é um tema amplamente estudado nas organizações e academias. No entanto, há poucos estudos sobre desdobramento e implementação da estratégia em si, bem como sobre a eficácia de sua implementação. Este estudo propõe a investigação dos principais fatores causadores das discrepâncias entre os objetivos do planejamento estratégico e o resultado obtido ao final da execução do plano. Dessa forma, objetiva estudar os fatores considerados como críticos para o processo de desdobramento. Para tal investigação, a pesquisa utiliza os artifícios do pensamento sistêmico para analisar as relações causais que há entre as variáveis encontradas através de uma pesquisa bibliográfica e por meio de uma pesquisa de campo com profissionais da área do planejamento e execução da estratégia. Ao final, este trabalho faz a proposição de um artefato que auxilia a mitigar os fatores críticos do processo de desdobramento. Como método de pesquisa, utiliza-se o Design Science Research para nortear os passos condutores do estudo e construir o artefato proposto. Esta pesquisa é, ao seu final, avaliada e validada por especialistas da área de estratégia empresarial. / In the current context of complex, competitive and dynamic environments, strategy is a topic widely studied in organizations and academies. However, there are few studies on deployment and implementation of the strategy itself, as well as on the effectiveness of its implementation. This study aims to investigate the main factors causing the discrepancies between the objectives arising from the strategic planning and the result at the end of the implementation of the plan, regarded as critical to the deployment process. For this investigation, this research uses the artifice of systems thinking to analyze the causal relationships between the variables found through a literature search and a field research with professionals of strategy planning and execution. At the end this paper propose an artefact to assist in mitigating the critical factors for the deployment process. As a research method, this paper uses the Design Science Research as guiding the step in conducting the research and construction of the proposed artefact. This research is, at the end, evaluated and validated by experts in the field of business strategy.