Management Skills “Gemba Walk”

Your assignment this week is to gain some experience in practicing this type of management skill. Here’s what you are to do for your assignment: Take a Gemba Walk and then report the results. To prepare for your walk by doing the following: • Refer to this week’s Gemba walk presentation. • Survey your department or another area of your choosing within your health care setting and decide where you will focus your walk. Complete the walk by asking and answering the four W’s outlined in the Gemba Walk Presentation