Alkhoraif, AbdullahMcLaughlin, Patrick2019-07-102019-07-102018-12-31Alkhoraif A, McLaughlin P. (2020) A methodology to surface aspects of organizational culture to facilitate lean implementation within SMEs. International Journal of Operational Research, Volume 40, Issue 1, 2021, pp. 52-911745-7645https://doi.org/10.1504/IJOR.2020.10017006https://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/14321The purpose of this paper is to provide an instructional guidance on how to surface aspects of Organizational Culture that effect Lean Implementation within small and medium sized manufacturing organization. This paper describe how Grounded theory and Action research can be used inside each other. The paper suggests to not only use a translation method to validate the result but to use also Inter-rate reliability to increase the validity and reduce the subjectivity. The paper also demonstrates how different technique can help management research by including in a time effective way.enAttribution-NonCommercial 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/Lean Implementation (LI)Organizational Culture (OC)Grounded theoryAction researchSmall and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs)Article