Prof. Glenn Ballard (UC-Berkley) public lecture at TSEBA
On November 29th prof. Glenn Ballard from UC-Berkely is giving a public lecture at Tallinn School of Economics and Business Administration of TUT on the topic „Lean as Management Method Applicable to a Wide Range of Organizations“
Prof. Glenn Ballard is co-founder and research director of the Lean Construction Institute (LCI), a non-profit organization dedicated to applying Lean theory, principles and techniques to create a new form of project management to design and build capital facilities. Dr. Ballard brings 25 years of construction industry expertise to his role and is a recognized expert in the area of project performance improvement. An accomplished educator, author and public speaker, Dr. Ballard is currently a member of the construction engineering and management program faculty at UC Berkeley and Stanford. His principle research interest is adapting lean production theory from manufacturing to construction management practice.
Toward that end, he has developed a model for lean delivery of capital facility projects, the Lean Project Delivery System™. Dr. Ballard is also a founding member of the International Group of Lean Construction, which is dedicated to the development and application of production control concepts and techniques in the construction industry.
More: http://www.leanconstruction.org/ballardbio.htm
Additional information: : Eha Teder, 620 3543, eha.teder@ttu.ee ; Prof Roode Liias, roode@staff.ttu.ee ja Alar Kolk, alar.kolk@ttu.ee
