Sustainable development of manufacturing SMEs through action learning development programs
Paper in proceeding, 2024
In industrial innovation support programs or improvement programs, industry personnel are coached in learning and practicing new development approaches. This paper uses empirical data from a program where ten small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) were coached in learning and practicing green lean production practices and set aims towards the agenda 2030. Surveys, interviews and workshops with coaches and firm representatives were used to describe and evaluate the support and methods used and the learning effects in the program.
Sustainable development
Small- and medium-sized enterprises
Action learning
Author
Martin Kurdve
RISE Research Institutes of Sweden
Chalmers, Technology Management and Economics, Supply and Operations Management
Malin C Hallin
Chalmers, Technology Management and Economics, Supply and Operations Management
RISE Research Institutes of Sweden
Annika Nilsson
RISE Research Institutes of Sweden
Birgitta Öjmertz
RISE Research Institutes of Sweden
Eivind Reke
SINTEF
Daryl Powell
SINTEF
Proceedings of 31st EurOMA Conference
Barcelona, Spain,
EcoLeap Production - a pilot project
VINNOVA (2021-03282), 2022-07-14 -- 2022-09-30.
Subject Categories
Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics
Other Social Sciences not elsewhere specified
Areas of Advance
Production