1. Title of your Workshop
Lean Leadership for Higher Education
2. Synopsis
Problem-solving in higher education cannot be met using traditional
approaches that drive people apart and do not lead to improvements
demanded by students and other stakeholders. Lean management is a better
approach to improving administrative and academic processes and which
offers the unique opportunity to do good without doing harm. This talk will
present how university leaders should begin a Lean transformation and
identify specific errors to avoid to help assure broad-based buy-in for change.
The importance of kaizen as the principal means for improving processes will
also discussed.
3. Brief biography
Bob Emiliani is a professor at Connecticut State University where he teaches
various courses on Lean management. He has pioneered the application of
Lean to teaching since joining academia in 1999. Bob has authored or coauthored 18 books and more than 38 peer-reviewed papers on Lean
management and related topics. Prior joining academia, Dr. Emiliani worked
in industry for 15 years and had management responsibility in engineering
and operations. He had responsibility for implementing Lean in both
manufacturing and supply networks at Pratt & Whitney. Bob has a Ph.D. in
Engineering from Brown University.