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Resources for Change

Resources held by St Andrews' Lean Team

Please find within this directory a variety of links, documents and tools to use as resources for change. You are more than welcome to use any of our content, but please credit us.

Similarly, if there is anything listed here that belongs to you, please let us know so that the appropriate acknowledgment can be included.

Conferences:

• Applying Lean Thinking in Universities

Documents:

• The Wall of Excuses (PDF, 4,240 KB)
• Becoming Lean (PDF, 4,183 KB)
• Introduction to Process Mapping (for Finance) (PDF, 14,104 KB)
• Lean 8 Step Process Poster (PDF, 459 KB)

St Andrews' Lean Tools

• Blame-o-Meter
• Lean Lego simulation

Presentations:

• Lean Poster ABS (PDF, 79 KB)
• Introduction to Lean (PowerPoint, 2,495 KB)
• Lean and its relevance (PowerPoint, 2,755 KB)
• The role and responsibilities of Unit Directors in driving the Lean agenda (PowerPoint, 443 KB)

Passport to Management Exellence:

• Introduction to Project Management

Resources for Streamlining and Continuous Improvement of HE Administrative Services

Lean principles and case studies

• Lean Introduction
• Lean in Higher Education
• Lean in Human Resources, Finance and IT
• UK case studies

Organisational effectiveness and continuous improvement

• Efficiency Reports and Models
• Administrative Efficiency: Other
• Continuous Improvement

Trends and Change in UK Higher Education

• Higher Education and Change