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Thematic Integration of Faith

Integration of faith is based on a relationship that embraces Christ’s presence and truths from Scripture. Moreover, it is based on a relationship that cultivates sustained growth and action (Hall & Miller, 2007).

Continuous Improvement (CI) suggests the ongoing improvement of products, services, programs, or processes, and it is interrelated to the organizational performance. CI consists of many approaches, such as TQM, BPR, JIT, Six Sigma, Lean, and others (Aartsengel & Kurtoglu, 2015). Lean Six Sigma (LSS) is relatively recent CI approach for quality improvement that is successful across manufacturing as well as services. LSS is considered to be more than a CI concept, it is also a business strategy that improves process performance (Sreedharan, Sunder, & R., 2018).

Quality Management and God’s Purposes for Business on Earth

Every Good Endeavor paths the biblical framework to develop on the concept of implementing a Christian perspective to our daily work. The development of Every Good Endeavor’s concepts begins where the Bible begins in Genesis, drawing the foundations for who we are as humans and the role of work. Among many interesting models, there five important concepts that are discussed hereafter.

Firstly, “work is not a result of the curse, but a part of the way we are made.” Many people see work as a very heavy burden, but in reality work dignifies us. However, even God rested after world’s creation; thus, “work is to be balanced by rest” (Keller & Alsdorf, 2014). Likewise, quality management must be balanced. CPI methodologies significantly overlap each other in terms of tools used, frameworks, and underlying ideology. Many are mutually reinforcing.

“If God’s purpose for your job is that you serve the human community, then the way to serve God best is to do the job as well as it can be done” (Keller & Alsdorf, 2014). Similarly, process improvement and management is not about performing the systematic methodology for process improvement; it is about creating an optimal environment for effective implementation of process improvement and management within an organization (Aartsengel & Kurtoglu, 2015).

“It is not about living naively as if there were no sin, or living hopelessly in the broken world, but about going forward with a full understanding of both” (Keller & Alsdorf, 2014). As a general rule, organizations create value as employees use processes to transform inputs of resources into products and services of greater worth. The principle that the resources that support the work being completed, quality, and time associated with the elements of the process can be optimized methodically is the basis of process improvement (Aartsengel & Kurtoglu, 2015).

“So when we say that Christians work from a gospel worldview, it does not mean that they are constantly speaking about Christian teaching in their work” (Keller & Alsdorf, 2014). The Christian worldview is not about doing blatantly Christian activities, but having a Christian attitude on our activities, including quality management. However, most importantly, “whatever you do, work at it with all your heart” (Colossians 3:23, ESV).

“Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love (Ephesians 4:15-16, ESV). The precise and closely defined concept of six standard deviations as the allowable limit of variations around the expected product joined with the concept of Lean activities have grown over time to signify a framework for quality improvement and control (Schonberger, 2018).

“I know your works, your love and faith and service and patient endurance, and that your latter works exceed the first (Revelation 2:19, ESV). Business processes created around a continuous process improvement methodology outline a specific direction incorporating relentless improvement with a focus on business strategy. The results are reported as business successes (Plenert, 2012). “So as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him: bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God (Colossians 1:10, ESV).

References

Aartsengel, A. V., & Kurtoglu, S. (2015). A guide to continuous improvement transformation: concepts, processes, implementation. Berlin: Springer.

Aartsengel, A. V., & Kurtoglu S. (2015). Handbook on continuous improvement transformation: the Lean Six Sigma Framework and systematic methodology for implementation. Berlin: Springer.

Davis, N. (2007). The Bible and Research: Reflections for the Christian Researcher [PDF]. Loma Linda: Loma Linda University.

Hall, C., & Miller, L. (2007). Coaching for Christian leaders: A practical guide. Retrieved from https://ebookcentral-proquest-com.ezproxy.liberty….

Keller, T., & Alsdorf, K. L. (2014). Every good endeavor: Connecting your work to God’s work. New York, NY: Dutton.

Plenert, G. J. (2012). Strategic continuous process improvement: which quality tools to use, and when to use them. New York: McGraw-Hill.

Schonberger, R. (2018). Best practices in lean six sigma process improvement: a deeper look. Hoboken, N.J. John Wiley & Sons.

Sreedharan V, R., Sunder M, V., & R, R. (2018). Critical success factors of TQM, six sigma, lean and lean six sigma: A literature review and key findings. Benchmarking: An International Journal, 25(9), 3479-3504. doi:10.1108/BIJ-08-2017-0223