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(1989) have identified the benefits of The related literature has shown that
reviewing the process after introducing a there are some factors that afect the
new working culture in an organizational organizational performance and those can be
context. grouped as organization and employee wise
(for example, Renae & Jones, 2005). The
According to the Working Manual
(2015), TLBO is a system that can be used conceptual framework of the study has
to enhance and create strong link between shown in Figure 1.
the shop floor workers and service 3 METHODOLOGY
departments through selected tools and
concepts of the daily management system. It In order to achieve the objective of the
helps empowering workers and the leaders study, a well established tyre manufacturing
for adapting to the working culture. firm has selected purposively to collect the
Moreover, it focuses on the attainment of data bacuase it is the only firm which has
the daily production plan and it frequently implemented the TLBO concept among the
controls the situation, thereby it helps manufacturing firms in Sri Lanka. Due to
responding quickly to the interruptions. It some limitations in accessing the data of the
uses a structured method to eliminate the firm, the “overhead cost” was considered as
root causes of a problem. Accordingly, the the indicator for measuring the
main objective of introducing a TLBO organizational performance. The overhead
strategy in a working culture is to develop a cost refers to all non-labour expenses that
process oriented management system within are required to operate the business.
the organization and its expected benefits As shown in Figure 1, there are several
are the maintenance of disciplined factors that affect the organizational
supervisory culture, standardization, daily performance. In order to establish the model
control, continuous improvements, and of the study, only five factors which
timely communication generate significant impact on the overhead
cost were selected and it is shown in Figure
2.
Figure 2: Research model
The data were collected using daily
reports that have generated through the
firm’s data management system and those
Figure 1: Conceptual Framework were collected during three months period
of time. Statistical software, SPSS 22
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