New Zealand is a small, isolated country that is heavily dependent on international trade but faces challenges in competing globally due to its lack of technological sophistication and low spending on research and development. The majority of New Zealand's businesses are small with few exporting. For New Zealand to improve its competitiveness and economic growth, the document recommends that all businesses, including small businesses, focus on implementing process improvement strategies like Six Sigma to increase productivity and reduce costs.

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6. Current The Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development states “ The global crisis is hitting New Zealand” (OECD, 2009) One of the main concerns for New Zealand is their inability to increase their productivity. New Zealand’s size and geographic isolation make it more difficult for the country to grow. Niko Kloetten, 2009, says “The recession [in New Zealand] has thrust ‘change management’ into the spotlight’” asdf

11. Auckland as an Example Auckland Airport is an organization in New Zealand who spent 2009 developing a plan to get through the recession and expand their company (Auckland Airport, 2009). asdasd

12. Auckland’s Business Plan They felt going Lean and using Six Sigma would help through the difficult time. (Auckland Airport, 2009). asdas

13. Six Sigma Strategy for 2009 (Auckland Airport, 2009) asdfd

14. Success in 2010 “ Auckland Airport has been voted as the best airport in the Australia Pacific region for the second year running and has moved from number 10 to number 9 in world rankings” (Deuchrass, 2010). sadas

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