A Reflection On My Learning Experience

Lean production and Six Sigma help a company to make the production and the workers work more efficient. The processes allow different types of programs to be put in place to ensure the workers and the production process operate at the optimal levels. The processes ensure that each element of the production and looks at each step to ensure that the process is working in a more efficient way (Wisner , Tan, & Leong, 2012).

Chase’s behavior is typical for a student with autism because of his behavioral outburst and his difficulties in social situations. Chase had many idiosyncratic verbal behaviors where he would respond to certain stimuli with the same phrase or word every time it was presented. Certain words also acted as triggers that set him off into a fit of inappropriate behaviors. He associated the stimuli and trigger words with situations that he has either observed or lived through during his life. Chas did not always act appropriately in social situations, when Mr. M was talking about first meeting Chase he mentioned that Chase was unaware of the nervousness Mr. M and the other students felt on the first day.

The implementation of lean operations is one the most popular ways to improve efficiency and productivity in operations. This strategy has afforded many businesses the opportunities to streamline processes that resulted in improved systems and efficiency. However, many businesses face obstacles with implementing lean practices for various reasons such as unclear directions, employees that are resistant to change, and poor planning. Businesses that encounter issues with lean implementation must identify performance metrics to improve operational strategies. This paper will examine the obstacles businesses experience with lean implementation.

Today’s business environment is fundamentally the same as it’s always been. An individual gets into business to provide goods and/or services in exchange for a premium. That could be many things ranging from other goods, services, money, or an agenda. In the article, The Necessary Art of Persuasion, the author, Jay A. Conger, attempts to illustrate to the readers that one must learn and become fluid in the art of persuasion in the business environment. I believe this argument in favor of persuasion is relative now more then ever.

One of the challenges linked to efficiently participate in incessant service enhancement or even the preliminary mission of detailing processes, strategies and roles is that it forces us to take an extended deep look at the current situation. This is where classical progress models can be used efficiently to transfer us into the discipline of self-evaluation and highlighted perfections. This is where Lean Principles can be used to drive a discipline of assessment and improvement. It means there is a need to understand steps and processes of Value Stream. Here the process inputs are

Lean Six Sigma approach is recognized widely and has been implemented predominately in manufacturing rather than other industries. To illustrate the point, this paper draws attention to the adoption of Lean Six Sigma in various industries with a case study. The combination of Lean tools and Six Sigma methodology is used to improve the process and quality by eliminating the variations and creating workflow in a process. The hypothesis of this study was that the Six Sigma technique can be used along with lean tools in order to improve process and quality in any area of industries. The review of case study discovered the use of

Antwone Fisher was an individual that endured so many things. He faced a lot of challenges that may have seemed impossible to recover from. This story was an example of the many things that some children may experience. Antwone was not raised in an upper crust home. He did not grow up in a home in which his mother and father was present. Instead of having positive role models, he had to live with individuals that were abusive to him. When observing Antwone’s personality, one may refer to two different theorists such as Bandura and Rogers.

The role of the nurse is becoming more difficult nowadays, especially when dealing with patient safety. Patient safety risks can lead to several adverse effects. According to Van Rosse, de Bruijne, Suurmond, Essink-Bot, and Wagner (2016) there is a connection between a language barrier and patient safety that is affecting the health and improvement of the patient. During my practicum I have experienced many different situations where the difference in language has been an issue from both parts. The following situation made me realize the importance of patient safety and how language barrier can affect or delay the positive outcome of the patient.

My educational experience is one amazing thing I would never forget. My parents gave me an experience of a lifetime that I would never let go and continue to expand. It was a gift of a great education I could have tossed away but instead I took advantage of it and it expanded my intellect and made me more independent. As a young girl my parents always told me, they wanted a great educational experience for me. They said no matter what it took to get me into good schools, to have a great education they will do it. My parents worked very hard to give me the opportunity to be in private school my whole life since pre-school. They always told me to work hard, be bright and be bold. The educational level I had being in private school my whole life was amazing. What was amazing about my education level is that I was able to take all college prep. classes, I took an AP Spanish class, my teachers were always on top of us to hand in work in time, essays in my English class were based on a college level writing. It was amazing because my school expanded my mind more on a college based level.

This course like my entire first semester of university have provided me with both many challenges as well as taught me many lessons not only for my university career, but for the rest of my life. As I reflect back on the semester, I recall telling myself at least once a week that I wanted to drop out of school, followed by many breakdowns, crying fits and calling defeat. The past few months, haven’t been at all easy for me, I have thought many times I wasn’t intelligent enough to be in university, I was disappointed with some of the grades I received and I was constantly engulfed in a swarm of stress. Despite all these tough times, I have had many good one’s as well, I have made new friends which are now integral to my everyday life and I have enhanced my knowledge to a new degree. Some of the many lessons that I’ve already learned in my short university experience include how to manage my time, the importance of meeting deadlines as well as the continuous struggle of balancing the various different facets of life.

Reflection is thought by linking recent experience with early experience to promote more complex and interrelated mental models or patterns. The thinking involves looking for commonalities, differences, and interrelations beyond their superficial elements. The goal is to develop higher order thinking skills.

Teaching is not just a job that I perform because I expect a reward at the end of each month; it is my passion and I feel extremely satisfied with every successful lesson. I like to help the society, and teaching gives me a great opportunity to do so. I am passionate about educating my students, so I work with them and motivate them to lead them to find inspiration in learning. I use different strategies to engage them and share with them the knowledge.

Construct a fully referenced literature review to compare and contrast theoretical strategies for business process improvement and successful change management. All reports must include references to Six Sigma and Lean.

Many companies attempt to advance through Six Sigma, Lean, or other initiatives. However, some studies have been reported that two-thirds of other initiatives fail to meet the expectations of the organization leaders (Ghodrati and Zulkifli 2013). Learning about the certain methods of the different systems is not the issue when putting these into play, but putting them into their daily organizational actions is. Some of these situations where they fail to put these into play is process improvement, continuous improvement, and the procedures of the initiatives not being long-standing.

Before we go any further, let us reflect on what we have learnt so far. In this book there have been exercises for you to complete to apply the learning to your own personal or professional goals. Have you completed the exercises and the action points at the end of each chapter or are you putting them off to complete at a later date?