Government has
appealed to the Japanese government to expand their support to the Kaizen
institute of Zambia and other institutions in the country.
Government says
there is critical need for an expanded cooperation with the Japanese government
in ensuring workers’ productivity in the country.
Kaizen is a
Japanese concept which means continuous improvement and it enables attitude
change, promotes punctuality, and encourages ownership and staff discipline in
general as a prerequisite for productivity improvement.
Deputy Secretary to
the Cabinet Peter Kasanda says Kaizen is an important tool for continuous
improvement as it allows individuals to become aware of their infinite
capability to perform and contribute to enterprise and society.
Ambassador Kasanda
explained that the process of growing at both individual and organizational
level generates profit, creates more job opportunities and more taxes which
government uses to provide social services.
A culture of
continuous improvement provides solutions to the issues such as how to utilise
time, space, human capital, energy and technology to create and retain wealth
in the nation through reduced production inputs and increased output, he said.
“Promoting the Kaizen
philosophy in the country and in organisations will result in the expansion of
businesses across economic sectors through improvement of quality, cost
reduction, delivery of services and greater customer satisfaction, “he said.
The Deputy
Secretary to the Cabinet was speaking at the 2015 National Kaizen conference at
Mulungushi International Conference centre in Lusaka today.
In recognition of
the impact that Kaizen has done for Ethiopia, government is sending a team of
senior officials to go and learn how that country has mainstreamed and
domesticated Kaizen principles in both public and private sector organisation.
The team is
expected to acquire an insight necessary to mainstream and institutionalise
Kaizen across the public sector in Zambia.
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