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Lean Six Sigma is one of the operational excellence methodologies that has been widely adopted in manufacturing, service and healthcare sectors. There are few articles discussing Lean Six Sigma in the Higher Education context. This book is a collection of articles carefully edited by three academics and practitioners who are based in the Higher Education sector. The book contains state-of-the-art literature review articles, empirical studies, emerging trends on Lean Six Sigma in Higher Education and case study related papers.Lean Six Sigma for Higher Education caters to students, researchers and academics who are interested in understanding the rudimentary concepts of Lean Six Sigma. It also covers the challenges and barriers in implementation and sustenance of this powerful operational and service excellence methodology.Contents: Use of Six Sigma and Lean Six Sigma Methodologies in Higher Education Institutions: A Systematic Review (Ahmed Al Kuwaiti) Recognising Waste in Higher Education Institutions Using Lean Thinking (Jacqueline Ann Douglas, Jiju Antony, Maria Vinceza Ciasullo & Alexander Douglas) Kaizen and Its Role in the Higher Education Sector (Ingo Kregel and André Coners) Academic Leadership — Special or Simple (Stephen Anthony and Jiju Antony) Continuous Improvement Practices in Higher Education (Vijaya Sunder M) An Empirical Study into the Use of Continuous Improvement Practices in Saudi Arabian Universities (Saja Ahmed Albliwi and Jiju Antony) Change Management Practices for LSS Deployment in Higher Education Institutions (Vijaya Sunder M) Lean Six Sigma Leadership in Higher Education Institutions (Jing Lu, Arush Saxena, Chad Laux, Jenny Daugherty and Lin Qian) A Study into the Evaluation of the Status of Lean and Six Sigma Practices in the UK Higher Education (Stephen Anthony and Jiju Antony) <l