Leadership styles and their role in applying lean manufacturing tools / an analytical study of the opinions of a sample of administrative leaders in Al Furat State Company for Chemical Industries and Pesticides

Abstract

The current research Seeks to  in clarifying the leadership styles included (the democratic style, the autocratic style, and the free style) in lean manufacturing tools, which include (comprehensive productive maintenance, Kanban card, cellular manufacturing, continuous improvement, 5s) at the level of Al Furat State Company for Chemical Industries and Pesticides. The research problem revolved around asking the question that includes an inquiry about the role of leadership styles in the application of lean manufacturing tools?, Hypotheses were developed based on testing the existence of correlation and influence relationships between leadership styles and lean manufacturing tools, where the research used the descriptive and analytical approaches to find out the relationships between the two research variables, and a hypothetical model was prepared that includes the independent variable and the dependent variable, and the research used the questionnaire as a main tool for collecting data and information for the research and distributed On the members of the sample consisting of (54) individuals, which included each of the managers in the departments and divisions, and a group of workers with specialization and have experience and knowledge in the subject of the research, as it was analyzed using the program (spss), The research reached several conclusions, including the existence of a correlation and influence between leadership styles and lean manufacturing tools, with the exception of the free style, whose analysis results were weak because the company could not rely on this style in its field of work.