Establishment of Workplace Organizing System, 5S , in Islamic Azad University-Ardabil Branch

Subject Areas : Business Management

Shahram Mirzaee Daryani ¹ , Bahman Shareghi ²

1 - Ardabil Branch, Department of Management, Islamic Azad University, Ardebil, Iran / Specialty Ph.D. Specialty Management Industrial Management System Tendency)
2 - Expert of the plan and program of the Islamic Azad University of

Received: 2012-01-08 Accepted : 2012-09-27 Published : 2013-02-19

Keywords: Quality Management, waste Management, Continuous Improvement, Workplace organizing, Resources management, Productivity management,

Abstract :

Organizations at every stage of their life and affected by the competitive atmosphere of the existing environment know that they must make optimum use of resources. Workplace organizing system, 5s, is one of the approaches that make organizational productivity and excellence possible. The advantages and benefits of applying this system in the economic, cultural and social dimensions of the human system at micro ad macro levels indicate the important status of this new managerial design. The purpose of the present research is to investigate the establishment of 5s along with the necessary measures to pave the way for it. Managers and employees by understanding the conceptual points of 5s in reducing all kinds of wastage, improving the procedures, and optimizing the systems, have contributed with increasing interest to the establishment of the system. Analysis of the findings obtained from one-sample t-test of the researcher-made questionnaire indicated that both managers and employees have confirmed the establishment of 5s. Optimal use of resources, timely elimination of unnecessary materials, successful spotting of the root causes of pollutions, revision of the existing standards, increasing managers and employees’ commitment, improving people’s communication systems, placing importance to the identification of any kind of wastage with the aim of reducing its types have been the instances observed at Islamic Azad University, Ardabil Branch based on the establishment of 5s system.   

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