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April 16th, 2025
Taiichi Ohno (1912 – 1990) was a successful Japanese engineer and the founding father of the Toyota Production System (TPS). This became later the LEAN Manufacturing philosophy which is still used in today’s business and manufacturing world.
Taiichi Ohno…
April 16th, 2025
Shigeo Shingo (Shigeo Shingō; 1909 – 1990) was a Japanese industrial engineer specialized in quality control. Shigeo Shingo is known for various quality techniques concepts such as Poka-Yoke, Mistake Proofing, SMED, Just in Time Production, and Jidoka…
April 16th, 2025
Michael Treacy is a professor of management and has over 30 years of experience dealing with organizational issues in the field of market leadership. The ideas of Michael Treacy about value and growth disciplines, together with Fred Wiersema,…
April 16th, 2025
John Broadus Watson (January 9, 1878 – September 25, 1958) was an American psychologist who published and popularized behaviorism. Thanks to John B. Watson, this new approach to psychology grew into one of the largest psychological schools in the…
April 16th, 2025
E. Jerome McCarthy (February 20, 1928 – December 3, 2015) was an American marketing professor who has lectured at several universities such as Michigan State University and the University of Notre Dame. E. Jerome McCarthy was also the founder of…
April 16th, 2025
Jeff Hiatt (Jeffrey M. Hiatt) is an entrepreneur and author who created the ADKAR Model of Change. The model derived from research Jeff Hiatt performed and is additionally presented in his book ‘ADKAR: a model for change in business,…
April 16th, 2025
Henry Ford (1863 – 1947) was an American influential industrialist who revolutionized the automobile production industry by being the first to utilize economies of scale manufacturing methods. Henry Ford introduced large manufacturing plants and used standardized components. In doing so,…
April 16th, 2025
Harold Leavitt (Harold Jack Leavitt; 14 January 1922 – 8 December 2007) was an American expert and pioneer in the field of management psychology, lecturer, and author. Harold Leavitt is internationally known for his theory, the Leavitt’s Diamond, which…
April 16th, 2025
Émile Durkheim (April 15, 1858 – November 15, 1917) was a well-known French sociologist. He is considered the father of the modern social sciences. Émile Durkheim was officially the founder of the academic discipline of sociology and is often mentioned…
April 16th, 2025
Elton Mayo (1880 – 1949) was an Australian psychologist, an industrial researcher and an academic organizational management scientist. His conducted studies, together with the Hawthorne studies, became the base for his lifelong breaking theories on Human Relations Theory of Management…
April 16th, 2025
David Premack (October 26, 1925 – June 11, 2015) was an American psychologist and professor at the University of Pennsylvania, United States. His contributions to the field of psychology have increased human understanding and knowledge about cognition and behavior. David …
April 16th, 2025
Cor Molenaar is a Dutch economist and professor of eMarketing and Distance Selling at Erasmus University. Molenaar is also director of the company eXQuo Consultancy, a consultancy firm that offers strategic advice on disruption, strategy and marketing.
Cor Molenaar…
