Frame of Mind

Middle Management and CI/Lean

January 2015

Drs. Freek Hermkens CMC

Frame of Mind*

This slide deck is a dynamic document to assemble

different models and theories that feeds my frame of

mind regarding Middle Management and continuous

improvement/ Lean.

*Denkraam kader waarbinnen iemands denken verloopt

(Bommellexicon 2006)

Strategic roles Floyd and Wooldrige

Floyd and Wooldridge (1996) the strategic middle manager

Lean leadership development model

Liker (2014) Developing lean leaders at all levels

Toyota product Systems

Liker and Convis (2012) The toyota way to lean leadership

Level 5 leadership

Collins (2001) Good to Great

Level 5 leadership

Collins (2001) Good to Great

Toyota Kata

• The improvement Kata is a systematic and scientific

way to successfully navigate through unknown

territory together

• It’s a routine practiced to make striving and scientific

working a daily habit:

Rother (2010) Toyota KATA

Five kata questions

Rother (2010) Toyota KATA

Policy Deployment

Wiegel en Maes (2013) Succesvol Lean

High performing organisation

De Waal (2008) Maak van je bedrijf een toporganisatie

Lean iceberg model

Hines (2011) Staying lean

Three Types of Organizational Learning

Chris: http://www.infed.org/thinkers/argyris.htm Argyris and Schon: http://www.12manage.com/methods_organizational_learning.html

Leiderschap OBBommel

Mulder (2011) ‘T wordt tijd dat ik de leiding neem

Middle Management in the bermuda triangle

Hermkens (2014)

Demanding playingfield of middlemanagement

Hermkens (2014)

For more information

Freek Hermkens

F.J.A.hermkens@tue.nl