TY  - CONF
TI  - A Case-Based Study of Lean Culture Among South African Contractors
C1  - Lima, Peru
C3  - Proc. 29th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC)
SP  - 353
EP  - 362
PY  - 2021
DO  - 10.24928/2021/0104
AU  - Emuze, Fidelis
AU  - Mpembe, Willem
AD  - Professor, and Head, Department of Built Environment, Central University of Technology, Free State,  Bloemfontein, South Africa, femuze@cut.ac.za, orcid.org/0000-0001-7714-4457
AD  - Postgraduate Diploma Graduate, Department of Built Environment, Central University of Technology,  Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa, mpembewillem@gmail.com, orcid.org/0000-0002-8804-8206
AB  - Problems such as low productivity, poor health and safety, poor working conditions, waste and insufficient quality, and poor performance are experienced in the South African construction industry. The call for change is necessary as South African construction is constrained by a lack of required skills and under-performing employees and management, which collectively generate waste on projects. However, lean construction (LC) concepts, tools and techniques could be used to resolve such problems that exist in South African construction. Thus, the study reported in this paper was undertaken to investigate how contractors could help to drive the implementation of lean construction in South Africa. A multi-casestudy research design was used to discover how contractors could addressimplementation problems by adopting a lean culture. The results from the study, obtained through crosscase analysis, showed that the contractors perceived that LC cannot be implemented so there is significant scope for tackling resistance to change through engaged LC education and training. 
KW  - Contractors
KW  - culture
KW  - leadership
KW  - lean construction
KW  - people
PB  - 
T2  - Proc. 29th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC)
DA  - 2021/07/14
CY  - Lima, Peru
L1  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/1843/pdf
L2  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/1843
N1  - Export Date: 25 April 2024
DB  - IGLC.net
DP  - IGLC
LA  - English
ER  -