Business A-Level
Kaizen
What Kaizen means in Business A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Kaizen
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Reference: AQA
Also called continuous improvement, it asks every employee for minor gains, costs little and lifts productivity steadily but rarely produces a breakthrough.
Topics that use Kaizen
- Assessing innovation (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- average rate of return
- benchmarking
- capacity and quality
- competitive pressure
- funding and cash flow
- intrapreneurship
- managing resistance
- net present value
Using Kaizen in the exam
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