Lean Principles and Practices in Organizations
HRD 304 - Winter 2010
Lean Principles and Practices in Organizations is an activity-based introduction to lean principles and practices in a variety of human resource development and workplace settings. HRD 304 explores an innovative way to solve some persistent problems confronting American organizations today with:
- hands-on simulations
- expert guest speakers
- on-site tours
Lean Principles and Application
HRD 620, POM 680 or ISE 581
The Pawley Learning Institute offers Oakland University students and the community a project-based graduate course, Lean Principles and Application, which is listed as HRD 620 (SEHS), POM 680 (SBA) and ISE 581 (SECS).
How to Enroll
SAIL registration
Contact the Pawley Learning Institute if you have not taken a course at Oakland University in the past two years and would like to enroll.
Upcoming Courses and Customized Training
Please contact the Pawley Learning Institute to be notified of upcoming courses or to inquire about customized programs.
Learning Lab, Student Projects
The Pawley Institute Learning Lab is a virtual learning environment where undergraduate and graduate students implement lean principles and practices to develop performance solutions for corporate partners. This environment provides another opportunity to integrate lean principles and practices into the undergraduate and graduate curriculum.
Students working individually or in teams use lean tools (i.e. process and value stream mapping, kaizen circle activities, gap analysis) to develop and provide performance solutions for companies in need.
Both Student and Corporation Partnership Opportunities:
- Corporate Instructional Programs
- Workshops
- Value Stream Mapping Activities
- Process Mapping Activities
- Kaizen Circle Activities
- Undergraduate and Graduate Internship Opportunities
Examples of Pawley Institute Learning Lab Corporate Partners:
- Comerica Bank
- Foamade Corporation
- Credit Union One
- U.S. Manufacturing
- NuStep Corporation
Corporate Partnership Opportunities:
- Providing a learning environment for student co-ops or internships
- Providing an environment where students and faculty conduct research and collect data
- Have student and faculty team assess the need and design as well as develop and implement a performance solution to a problem
- Kaizen a process or product and provide improvement solutions
- Sponsor student learning opportunities through corporate donations
Student Partnership Opportunities:
- Internships with corporate sponsors
- Experience in instructional design, development and implementation of performance solutions
- Creating learning enrichment activities for the Pawley Institute Web site using lean principles and practices
- Participating in performance solution projects in student and faculty teams