The meaning of the word kaizen is "change for the better." It is a concept that today is being implemented by more and more people and organizations worldwide. Ever-increasing global competition and the information technology (IT) revolution have resulted in many challenges and stresses. More and more, businesses and individuals see the pursuit and achievement of the kaizett principle as a potential solution. Kaizen is also known as continuous improvement. Masaaki Imai, founder and president of the Kaizen Institute and author of the world-famous books Kaizen: The Key to Japan's Competitive Success and Gemini Kaizen: A Commonsense Approach to a Continuous Improvement Strategy, says that kaizen is not simply continuous improvement but is improvement every day, everywhere, for everybody. Kaizen, in fact, can embody a way of life for modern corporations so that change for the better becomes a daily habit of continuous improvement.