World-class management practices : enduring methods for competitive success

By: Watanabe, IchigenMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: New Delhi : Viva Books Private Limited, 2004; Menlo Park, CA : Crisp Publications, ©1999Description: x, 85 p. : illustrationsISBN: 9781560525516; 1560525517 ; 9788176496544 ; 8176496545Subject(s): ManagementDDC classification: 658
Contents:
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.
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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.

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