The Myth of Japanese Efficiency: The World Car Industry in a Globalizing AgeCombining case studies with accessible but rigorous production models and historical background, this book challenges accepted views on Japanese production methods in the world car industry. The Myth of Japanese Efficiency casts a familiar debate in an |
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... observations on the wider impact of the 'lean and flexible' approach, the bold and controversial conclusion reached by the author is that what is at stake is our understanding of the form and meaning of 'production fantasy'. The Myth of ...
... observations on the wider impact of the 'lean and flexible' approach, the bold and controversial conclusion reached by the author is that what is at stake is our understanding of the form and meaning of 'production fantasy'. The Myth of ...
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... observations , rather than to dispute them ; and even where outright disagreement is unavoidable , this need not entail a wholesale dismissal - the goal rather is to highlight and contrast a gulf between what is believed and what ...
... observations , rather than to dispute them ; and even where outright disagreement is unavoidable , this need not entail a wholesale dismissal - the goal rather is to highlight and contrast a gulf between what is believed and what ...
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... observations on the content of the world's car industry are selected to illustrate themes being progressed in indi- vidual chapters , to indicate sudden changes in precept or perception that merit further study , or to provide ...
... observations on the content of the world's car industry are selected to illustrate themes being progressed in indi- vidual chapters , to indicate sudden changes in precept or perception that merit further study , or to provide ...
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Contents
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Wide selection a myth encountered | 15 |
Production malapropisms the BMWRover Group controversy | 44 |
Lean production the dog that did not bark | 69 |
Back to the future the reorganization of work at Toyota | 98 |
Rivalrous asymmetries and the Japanese myth | 118 |
Rethinking lean thinking substance and counterfeit | 145 |
The totalizing myth Japanese efficiency as a cultural fiction | 161 |
References | 181 |
Index | 193 |
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