The Impact of Continuous Improvement (Kaizen)
In Upgrading Job Performance
(An Analysis Study at the Financial and Accounting Training Center/ Ministry of Finance)

Research Presented Submitted to:
(The Council Of The Faculty Of Administration and Economics by University of Karbala)
Submitted by the Researcher
FAKHER MOHAMMED IBRAHIM
Supervised by
Assistant Professor DR. HUSSAM HUSSAIN SHEIAA

Abstract:

    The researcher has pursued through this research to study the effect of continuous improvement in accordance with the way of the Japanese in upgrading the functionality and the search community was selected for one of the ministry of finance training (finance and accounting training center) and the problem of study was the difficulty to raise functional performance from senior management ,The study has a set of objectives , including  diagnosing job performance levels and determining the extent to which the system of continuous improvement is applied, as for its importance , it was to inform employees of the importance for their role in managing the process in the organization. the dimensions of the variables were identified on the basis of previous scientific literature ,The dimensions of continuous improvement ( plan, do, check, act ) to face functional performance represented by it’s own dimension, the field information has been obtained by stabilization form, where they were distributed to sample composed of (53) employee representing the study community, The researcher used 5 scale lekart method to scale the stabilization sample answer , the statistical analyzes were conducted for the purpose of reaching required results , the statistical analyzes have proven the health of the study hypotheses, the search has reached a range of conclusions, most important is:-

1- The kaizen philosophy is used to gradually raise the level of functionally performance

2-There is a positive effect of using continuous improvement tools in raising the level of performance employment, especially those tools that belong to the workers and positively affect the performance of their work for example, but not limited to ( the quality circle, organizing staff places in a way that reduces waste time & effort, automated , teamwork)

The most important recommendations are: –

1- Performing the annual job performance evaluation using one of the methods referred to in the research for the purpose of diagnosing performance and cause treatment.

2-Focusing on corrections to the procedures and actions followed, as they are the most important aspect of raising the level of employment, and it was the least important dimension to the study.