Browsing Institutt for industriell økonomi og teknologiledelse by Author "Ingvaldsen, Jonas A"
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Back through the back door? On removing supervisors to reduce hierarchy
Ingvaldsen, Jonas A; Benders, Josephus Gerardus Johannes Mar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Purpose This article addresses why movements towards less-hierarchical organizing may be unsustainable within organizations. Design/methodology/approach Eschewing hierarchy may prove sustainable if alternative forms of ... -
Beyond the lean manager. Insights on how to develop corporate lean leadership
Holmemo, Marte Daae-Qvale; Ingvaldsen, Jonas A; Powell, Daryl (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Although leadership is consistently found to be the main success factor for lean transformations, our knowledge about how to develop the necessary leadership competences at the level of the individual and the organisation ... -
Bypassing the dinosaurs? - How middle managers become the missing link in lean implementation
Holmemo, Marte Daae-Qvale; Ingvaldsen, Jonas A (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Failure or unsatisfactory results from organisational transformations aiming at excellence are often attributed to lack of management support and commitment. Why these issues become problematic has only been superficially ... -
CoPs facing rationalization: The politics of community reproduction
Kilskar, Stine Skaufel; Ingvaldsen, Jonas A; Valle, Nina (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Purpose This paper aims to explore the relationship between the contemporary forms of manufacturing rationalization and the reproduction of communities of practice (CoPs) centred on tasks and craft. Building on critical ... -
Emergent HPWS: why HRM may not be needed to build a high-performance work system
Ingvaldsen, Jonas A; Johansen, Tobias Strand; Aarlott, Mats Mathisen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Purpose High-performance work systems (HPWS) promise workplaces that are both highly productive and offer employees high levels of job satisfaction. The existing literature tends to see HPWS as outcomes of planned change ... -
‘Fake Lean’; On Deviating from an Ambiguous Essence
Benders, Jos; Holmemo, Marte Daae-Qvale; Ingvaldsen, Jonas A (Chapter, 2021)The term ‘fake lean’ is useful as it points to the various ways in which lean is put into praxis. At the same time, ‘fake’ in this expression condemns particular uses. Against the background of literature on organization ... -
Improving healthcare operations with IT deployment: a critical assessment of literature and a framework for future research
Enam, Amia; Dreyer, Heidi Carin; Ingvaldsen, Jonas A; Boer, Luitzen de (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022) -
Integrating Quality and Lean into a Holistic Production System
Ringen, Geir; Aschehoug, Silje Helene; Holtskog, Halvor; Ingvaldsen, Jonas A (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Companies have for years tried to figure out how to consistently organize their business units for improving quality and efficiency and at the same time reduce costs and lead times. Toyota's production system (TPS) and its ... -
Lean organisering i norsk arbeidsliv: slutten på medvirkning?
Ingvaldsen, Jonas A; Rolfsen, Monica; Finsrud, Henrik D. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)Den norske samarbeidsmodellen blir bejublet og utforsket for tiden, vanligvis definert som samspillet mellom velferdsstat, makroøkonomiske styringsmodeller og trepartssamarbeidet. Vi ser i denne artikkelen mer spesifikt ... -
Lean thinking: outside-in, bottom-up? The paradox of contemporary soft lean and consultant-driven lean implementation
Holmemo, Marte Daae-Qvale; Rolfsen, Monica; Ingvaldsen, Jonas A (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Lean has evolved from an operational tool to a complete management concept that incorporates softer aspects such as participation, learning and leadership. This evolution challenges the traditional way in which large ... -
Local adaption and central confusion: decentralized strategies for public service Lean implementation
Holmemo, Marte Daae-Qvale; Ingvaldsen, Jonas A (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)There are a number of arguments for implementing public service Lean in a decentralized fashion, characterized by employee participation and local adaptions of the concept. This paper reports on a longitudinal case study ... -
Making it stick on borrowed time: the role of internal consultants in public sector lean transformations
Holmemo, Marte Daae-Qvale; Powell, Daryl; Ingvaldsen, Jonas A (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the roles of internal lean consultants in western organizations during lean transformation processes and how these roles affect the outcomes of the changes. Design/meth ... -
Managing adoption by cultural development: exploring the plant level effect of a ‘company specific production system’ (XPS) in a Norwegian multinational company
Hekneby, Torbjørn; Ingvaldsen, Jonas A; Benders, Jos (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Purpose: ‘Company Specific Production Systems’ (XPS) aim to adopt ‘best practice’ across plants within a company. A pertinent issue in the literature involves the constraints in the possibilities of realising such an ... -
Not so Different Altogether: Putting Lean and Sociotechnical Design into Practice in a Process Industry
Hekneby, Torbjørn; Benders, Jos; Ingvaldsen, Jonas A (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Purpose: The shop-floor organization under lean production (LP) has been hotly debated for about three decades. As this organization concept leaves considerable room for interpretation, the content of lean-inspired changes ... -
Not so Different Altogether: Putting Lean and Sociotechnical Design into Practice in a Process Industry
Hekneby, Torbjørn; Benders, Jos; Ingvaldsen, Jonas A (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Purpose: The shop-floor organization under lean production (LP) has been hotly debated for about three decades. As this organization concept leaves considerable room for interpretation, the content of lean-inspired changes ... -
Orchestrated learning : creating a company-specific production system (XPS)
Hekneby, Torbjørn; Ingvaldsen, Jonas A; Benders, Jos (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Purpose Companies create company-specific production systems (XPS) by tailoring generic concepts to fit their unique situation. However, little is known about how an XPS is created. This paper aims to provide insights ... -
Organizational learning and bureaucracy: an alternative view
Ingvaldsen, Jonas A; Engesbak, Vetle (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Purpose – This paper aims to reconceptualize the relationship between organizational learning and bureaucracy. Although the two are generally considered to be antithetical, this paper shows that, in some organizations, ... -
Organizational Learning: Bringing the Forces of Production Back In
Ingvaldsen, Jonas A (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Under the influence of the ‘communities of practice’ perspective, research on organizational learning has lost sight of the role of science and technology. As a result, theory development in this field too often takes ... -
“Please use our ideas”: making parallel organizations work
Engesbak, Vetle; Ingvaldsen, Jonas A (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Purpose Parallel organizations (POs) perform tasks that operating organizations (OOs) are not equipped or organized to perform well. However, POs rely on OOs’ goodwill for implementation of their ideas and recommendations. ... -
Sketching the Landscape for Lean Digital Transformation
Ashrafian, Alireza; Powell, Daryl; Ingvaldsen, Jonas A; Dreyer, Heidi Carin; Holtskog, Halvor; Schütz, Peter; Holmen, Elsebeth; Pedersen, Ann-Charlott; Lodgaard, Eirin Anita (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Lean management remains the most popular approach to operational excellence within industry. The next wave of industrial improvement is widely considered to be driven by the application of digital technologies. Organizations ...