Toyota kata : managing people for improvement, adaptiveness, and superior results /

By:

Rother, Mike

Publication details: New York : McGraw-Hill Professional, 2010.Description: xx, 306 p. : ill. ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780071635233 (hbk.) :
0071635238 (hbk.) :

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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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