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Watanabe, Ichigen ;

World-class management practices : enduring methods for competitive success - New Delhi : Viva Books Private Limited, 2004. Menlo Park, CA : Crisp Publications, ©1999. - x, 85 p. : illustrations ;

Japanese Management --
Background and Heritage --
Characteristics of Japanese Companies --
Structure and Strategy --
Acceptance of Difference --
Comparison of Japanese and Western Management --
Management Philosophy and Behavior --
People and Job Management --
Need for Hybrid Practices --
Group Management --
Traditional Group Management --
New Type of Group Management --
Total Quality Management (TQM) --
Quality Management in Japan --
Quality Management in the United States --
Quality Management in Europe --
What is Quality Control? --
Major Elements of Total Quality Control --
Total Quality Control as a Management System --
Kaizen --
Kaizen and QC Circles --
Innovation --
Combination of Kaizen and Innovation --
Hybrid Management of Kaizen and Innovation --
Problem Solving Using Kaizen and Innovation --
Kaizen as a Management Practice --
Limitations of Kaizen --
Just-in-Time --
Beat the Cost --
The Just-in-Time Concept --
Just-in-Time at Work --
Limitations of Just-in-Time --
Lean Production --
The Lean Production Concept --
Obstacles to Lean Production --
The Outlook for Lean Production --
Strategies for Lean Production --
The Origin and Essence of Japanese Management --
Ideas to Think About --
A Final Word for Global Executives.

ISBN: 9781560525516 1560525517 9788176496544 8176496545

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Management.

Dewey Class. No.: 658 / WAT