Historically, management theory has ignored the constraints imposed by the biophysical (natural) environment. Building upon resource-based theory, this article attempts to fill this void by proposing a natural-resource-based view of the firm—a theory of competitive advantage based upon the firm's relationship to the natural environment. It is composed of three interconnected strategies: pollution prevention, product stewardship, and sustainable development. Propositions are advanced for each of these strategies regarding key resource requirements and their contributions to sustained competitive advantage.

A natural resource-based view of the firm

Sustainable supplier selection in healthcare industries using a new MCDM method: Measurement of alternatives and ranking according to COmpromise solution (MARCOS)

Analysis of the driving and dependence power of barriers to adopt industry 4.0 in Indian manufacturing industry

The current literature claims the direct effects of industry 4.0 technologies (I4 T) on lean manufacturing practices (LMP) and sustainable organisational performance (SOP). LMP are also found to ha...

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/00207543.2019.1630772

Industry 4.0 and lean manufacturing practices for sustainable organisational performance in Indian manufacturing companies

Evidence suggests that Lean, Six Sigma and Green approaches make a positive contribution to the economic, social and environmental (i.e. sustainability) performance of organisations. However, evide...

A framework for the integration of green and lean six sigma for superior sustainability performance

The integration of lean manufacturing, Six Sigma and sustainability: A literature review and future research directions for developing a specific model

Green Lean has recently emerged as an alternative strategy for organisations to pursue both operational and sustainability excellence. The interest on this approach has rapidly risen in both academic and industry circles. However, despite this interest, very limited research has focused on its implementation, and no research has investigated the barriers that hinder the success of such activity. This study investigates the Green Lean implementation barriers and their contextual relationships and effects on the integration and deployment of this approach. A Systematic Literature Review (SLR), Interpretative Structural Modelling and fuzzy Matriced’ Impacts Croise’s Multiplication Appliqee a UN Classement (MICMAC) analyses were carried out. Fifteen barriers were extracted from the SLR and then validated in consultation with industry and academic experts. The Interpretive Structural Modelling (ISM) method was used to understand the relationship between the fifteen barriers and to develop a hierarchica...

Barriers in green lean implementation: a combined systematic literature review and interpretive structural modelling approach

Research has shown that implementation of Green and Lean Six Sigma make a positive impact on economic, environmental and social performance. Many organizations have already started to integrate the two approaches. However, evidence suggests that these organizations find their implementation challenging, and in many cases they are unsuccessful. The purpose of this paper is to present an analysis of research on Green Lean Six Sigma focusing on success factors in its implementation through a systematic literature review combined with the lesson learned from authors’ experiences and verified by a survey of organizations. The findings have led to the identification of five success factors and their ranking according to the organizations that had implemented this initiative. The findings also have led to development of framework for implementing Green Lean Six Sigma. Both academicians and professionals will find this paper useful, as it explore critical success factors for successful Green Lean Six Sigma implementation and provides a concise description of each success factors that will be very helpful for organizations to understand and implement Green Lean Six Sigma.

Exploring Critical Success Factors for Implementing Green Lean Six Sigma

One of the objectives of human resource management (HRM) is to promote the satisfaction of both managers and employees regarding HRM practices. Since promoting satisfaction begins by assessing its current level, this study aims to analyse the challenges faced by industrial companies' managers within developing countries – such as Morocco- in terms of implementing human resource (HR) function practices. This paper presents then a practice-oriented study conducted using a qualitative method based on the content analysis approach. Thus, data collection was based mainly on semi-structured interviews to which 30 managers had participated. Indeed, this study aims to measure managers' satisfaction regarding the HR function while highlighting, at the same time, the practices used in motivation, documentation process, etc., and in terms of locating weaknesses and obstacles to better HRM. The validity of inquiry was tested and proven by two validation strategies: member checking and external audits strategies. The results found, revealed genuinely remarkable weaknesses. Indeed, it turned out to be a lack consistent in terms of the proper structuring of the HR function. In addition to the poor mastery and application of basic HRM practices, namely the primitivity of documentation processes, and the job-person inadequacy, especially in the scarcity of adoption of developed management methods such as the implementation of provisional management of jobs and skills, the establishment of an occupational health system, and maturity in terms of carrying out the tasks of the control system, or even as regards the weaknesses linked to the lack of active communication, to the clarity of the objectives targeted for all the members, and to the sharing of private information, in addition to those arising from the irrelevance of the training received by the staff. As for proposing solutions, the integration of IT tools could improve the performance of HR management processes. Indeed, information systems promote active communication, different storage data that develop the quality of the decision. They also facilitate managing administrative issues, communicating and applying procedures, programming relevant training and motivating employees. The study has important implications for HR professionals and strategic leaders that are especially interested in developing countries.

Keywords
human resources management, HR function, content analysis, industrial companies, Morocco, job satisfaction, the performance of HR function, IT tools integration, information systems, knowledge-based systems, human-computer interaction.

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Ahmed Mokhlis

Papers

The integration of lean manufacturing, Six Sigma and sustainability: A literature review and future research directions for developing a specific model

A framework for the integration of green and lean six sigma for superior sustainability performance

Barriers in green lean implementation: a combined systematic literature review and interpretive structural modelling approach

Exploring Critical Success Factors for Implementing Green Lean Six Sigma

Innovations in HR Management: a Content Analysis Approach