Conference Session

Engineering Management: Supply Chain, Systems Thinking, and Lean Initiatives

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonas Wullbrandt, Technical University Braunschweig (Germany), Institute for Advanced Industrial Management; Craig G Downing, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

employees, despite the many overall organizational benefits. Further, the literature indicatesleadership is an important element in the complex stress-employee construct. However, the quantitativedata collection in this study reveals that students in the fields of engineering and management do notconsider increased stress to be a potential outcome of implementing Lean projects. In addition, theanalysis of the survey data identifies opportunities to assist Engineering Managers in effectively dealingwith the negative effects caused by Lean activities.Finally, the results are used to present recommendations for educational and managerial training, soleaders can develop better ability to address the important issue of employee stress in today’s