Between El Islah and Kaizen: Why Continuous Improvement Is the Missing Link of the Human Factor in Algeria

About this book

Yacine Hachemaoui places the reforming ideal of Islah beside the managerial discipline of Kaizen to explore why repeated programs of improvement in Algeria have so often produced limited change. One tradition emphasizes moral and social renewal; the other builds progress through small, continuous, measurable adjustments. The study compares their assumptions and asks what institutions, organizations, and citizens can learn when cultural legitimacy meets operational method. Degrees, plans, and impressive figures do not by themselves create a renaissance. Sustainable development requires habits of evaluation, shared responsibility, and the willingness to repair systems before announcing new ones. Hachemaoui offers an interdisciplinary argument for improvement rooted in both meaning and practice.