Toyota kata managing people for improvement, adaptiveness, and superior results
This game-changing book puts you behind the curtain at Toyota, providing new insight into the legendary automaker's management practices and offering practical guidance for leading and developing people in a way that makes the best use of their brainpower. Drawing on six years of research into...
Main Author: | Rother, Mike. |
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Format: | Books Print Book |
Language: | English |
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New York :
McGraw Hill,
Ã2010.
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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.