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Toyota kata : managing people for improvement, adaptiveness, and superior results
Mike Rother |
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Summary
Drawing on six years of research into Toyota's employee-management routines; this game-changing book puts you behind the curtain at Toyota; offering practical guidance for leading and developing people in a way that makes the best use of their brainpower |
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Physical Description
xx, 306 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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Publisher
McGraw Hill |
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Place of Publication
New York |
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Subjects
Total quality management. Personnel management. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Workplace Culture. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Human Resources & Personnel Management. |
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Number of Copies
2 |
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ISBN
9780071635233 |
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Format
Book |
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Book Copies
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Notes
Includes bibliographic references and index. |
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Pages
306 |
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Table of Contents
The situation. What defines a company that thrives long term? -- Know yourself. How are we approaching process improvement? ; Philosophy and direction ; Origin and effects of our current management approach -- The improvement kata : how Toyota continuously improves. Planning : establishing a target condition ; Problem solving and adapting : moving toward a target condition -- The coaching kata : how Toyota teaches the improvement kata. Who carries out process improvement at Toyota? ; The coaching kata : leaders as teachers -- Replication : what about other companies? Developing improvement kata behavior in your organization -- Appendix 1 : where do you start with the improvement kata? -- Appendix 2 : process analysis. |
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Copyright
2010 |