{"id":4250,"date":"2020-04-12T00:39:27","date_gmt":"2020-04-12T00:39:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hanita\/?p=4250"},"modified":"2020-04-12T01:39:08","modified_gmt":"2020-04-12T01:39:08","slug":"kaizen-and-peribahasa-melayu-malay-proverb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hanita\/2020\/04\/12\/kaizen-and-peribahasa-melayu-malay-proverb\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaizen and Peribahasa Melayu (Malay Proverb)"},"content":{"rendered":"

I mentioned about Kaizen in my previous post, of which Kaizen is the Japanese method for transforming habits one small step at a time.\u00a0 Through the Kaizen concept, Japanese are encouraged to formulate their own goals and work towards achieving the goals at their own pace.\u00a0 Mr Masaaki Imai states that<\/p>\n

‘The Kaizen philosophy assumes that our way of life – be it our working life, our social life, or our home life – deserves to be constantly improved’.<\/p>\n

Imai, Misaaki. (1986).\u00a0 KAIZEN: The Key to Japan’s Competitive Success.\u00a0 New York:\u00a0 McGraw Hill: 3.<\/p>\n

I would like to relate this concept of Kaizen to a Malay proverb, which is belakang parang kalau diasah pasti akan tajam<\/span>, which means\u00a0 even the back of a machete can be sharp if we keep on sharpen it.\u00a0 Like Kaizen, the\u00a0 message of the proverb is we can achieve our goal, no matter how impossible we think it is,\u00a0 if we work on it bit by bit.<\/p>\n

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I mentioned about Kaizen in my previous post, of which Kaizen is the Japanese method for transforming habits one small step at a time.\u00a0 Through the Kaizen concept, Japanese are encouraged to formulate their own goals and work towards achieving the goals at their own pace.\u00a0 Mr Masaaki Imai states that ‘The Kaizen philosophy assumes … <\/p>\n

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