Aligning Lean and Value-based Management Operations and Financial Fu

This book explores the relationship between and the compatibility of lean management (LM) and value-based management (VBM) approaches at the systems level. It then develops a model to improve LM and VBM professional practice by fostering a shared understa

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Gerd Kaufmann

Aligning Lean and Value-based Management Operations and Financial Functions at the System Level

Contributions to Management Science

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Gerd Kaufmann

Aligning Lean and Value-based Management Operations and Financial Functions at the System Level

Gerd Kaufmann University of Portsmouth Augsburg, Bayern, Germany

The thesis is submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of the degree of Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) of the University of Portsmouth. ISSN 1431-1941 ISSN 2197-716X (electronic) Contributions to Management Science ISBN 978-3-030-38467-8 (eBook) ISBN 978-3-030-38466-1

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Dedicated to the greatest people in my life: my beloved kids Julian and Leon. In memoriam of my grandma Anni Kaufmann. She was always my greatest “fan”, from the day I was born till the day she died.

Abstract

This thesis explores the relationship and compatibility of the approaches of lean management (LM) and value-based management (VBM). Previous researchers studying LM and VBM have agreed on the need to harmonise VBM, as the management control system (MSC), with the operational strategy in general and in particular with regard to the employment of LM. But despite a decade of scholarly calls for such research, the overarching relation between LM and VBM at the system level has received virtually no attention. In finally answering these calls, this study initially familiarises the reader with the concepts and key characteristics of LM and VBM. While reviewing these two