Investigation the Influence of Lean on Information Technology Productivity in the Iranian banking Industry

Subject Areas : Business Management

Roghayeh yonnesi ¹ , Roksana Fekri ² , Marzieh Babaeianpour ³

1 - دانشجوی کارشناسی ارشد صنایع،دانشگاه پیام نور
2 - استادیار رشته مهندسی صنایع، دانشگاه پیام نور
3 - استادیار رشته مهندسی صنایع، دانشگاه پیام نور

Received: 2015-06-28 Accepted : 2016-06-08 Published : 2016-11-21

Keywords: Productivity, Information Technology, Banking industry, Wastage, Lean attitude,

Abstract :

The information technology often have delays since they have been established in the organizations, and reduce the prioritization and decision making methods, also it is a barrier to the best benefits of productivity in this domain. On the other hand, the lean philosophy is a useful attitude to minimize the loss and maximize the productivity of facilities, human resources and investment. Using the lean theory in information technology systems, the wastage will be deceased and productivity will be promoted. This study investigated the role of the effective factors in being lean on IT productivity in banking domain. The research method was descriptive-survey. The statistical population included the experts in banking domain in Iranian banking industry which included 260 people, out of which 156 people were chosen as the sample size, using Morgan’s table. Using confirmatory factor analysis, the results showed that the factors had a positive effect on promoting the trend of being lean. The most effective factors were the proper designing of information processes of IT.

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