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SINTEF- Leading Lean Project

LEADING LEAN PROJECT 1
Executive summary
In the economy, there is various leadership, which can be implemented in the
organization in different situations. These styles help the organization to develop its growth.
This report will be going to focus on one leadership style which can be implemented by the
SINTEF organization. SINTEF organization is an independent research organization. Various
projects are been carried out by the company. A lean can be controlled by a single individual.
A team member should have all the quality if the leadership to run the team. This company
with the help of a various solution from the 60 years is solving the problem of society.
Various tools and technique will be explained in this report which can be implemented by the
department of the SINTEF.

LEADING LEAN PROJECT 2
Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................3
SINTEF- Leading Lean project..................................................................................................4
Types of leadership style............................................................................................................5
Bureaucratic leadership style.................................................................................................5
Servant leadership..................................................................................................................6
Laissez-faire leadership..........................................................................................................7
Coach-Style leadership...........................................................................................................8
SINTEF Leadership Style- Coach Style leadership...................................................................9
Characteristics of team member...............................................................................................11
Self-Aware...........................................................................................................................11
Committed to Mastery..........................................................................................................11
Open doors and clear communication..................................................................................11
Positive.................................................................................................................................11
Empathic..............................................................................................................................11
Tools/techniques that could be implemented in various departments of SINTEF...................12
Benchmarking......................................................................................................................12
Statistical Sampling..............................................................................................................12
Run chart..............................................................................................................................13
Cause and effect diagram.....................................................................................................14
RACI matrix.........................................................................................................................14
Affinity diagram...................................................................................................................15
Pareto Diagram.....................................................................................................................16
Conclusion................................................................................................................................17
Bibliography.............................................................................................................................18

LEADING LEAN PROJECT 3
Introduction
This report will be going to give the theoretical knowledge about the various
leadership styles which can help the company in developing their growth. This will also
reflect the one particular leadership style which can be implemented by the SINTEF
Company. A project manager should have a leadership quality to run the team. Carious such
characteristics will also be seen in this report which should be taken care of by an individual
while leading a team.
Lean is a methodology that helps the company to communicate with others and
suggest various tools which help the company to run the business. This helps in keeping a
balance between the two levels i.e. philosophical viewpoints and improvements at operational
levels which help in achieving the success in the economy. Lean has various meaning by
which, the exact meaning of the lean is not known but the employees of the organization and
it result in the misunderstanding in the organization. The main purpose of the lean is to
capitalize the value by minimizing the leftover (Chiarini, 2012).
SINTEF which one of the largest independent research organization situated in
Europe, whose headquarters are in Trondheim, Norway. Research based in the contract is
been conducted by the SINTEF which is a multidisciplinary organization. This company
faces various ethical issues at the time of the contract with the clients and business partners.
The company employees 2000 employees from 75 countries. SINTEF which is known as The
Foundation for Industrial and Technical Research (Stiftelsen for industriell og teknisk
forskning) founded in the year 1950. The aim of the company is to conduct the research and
development project (SINTEF, 2019).
The second aim of the company is to collaborate with the start-ups, universities, and
institutions in terms of providing public financing. The multidisciplinary approach is very
much beneficial for the company, as this approach is been applied by the company to its
projects from the stage of the small test to the stage of the multinational research programs
with different types of the business partners (SINTEF, 2014).
With the help of the application of the lean, an organization can achieve success in
this competitive world. SINTEF has a wide experience in lean management and procedure.
SINTEF focus is to adapt Lean work in their environment in the present scenario and grade of
maturity with Lean.