Kaizen promotion in ethiopia: A role of the government and change of mindset of people

Abstract

The Ethiopian government began to pilot Kaizen in 2009 and established the Ethiopia Kaizen Institute (EKI) in 2011 to scale up Kaizen in the country. EKI estimated that the benefits of Kaizen implementation between 2011 and 2016 reached US$105 million. The chapter points out three factors to create the positive results of Kaizen: (1) the proactive role of the government as a promoter of Kaizen is essential, (2) mindset change of people through Kaizen application is effective in Ethiopian context as a process of core capacity development of individuals, and (3) no one is really affected negatively by Kaizen especially with regard to job security in contrast with other reform processes.