Extreme Toyota; radical contradictions that drive success at the world's best manufacturer
Reference & Research Book News, August, 2008
Extreme Toyota; radical contradictions that drive success at the world's best manufacturer.
Osono, Emi et al.
John Wiley & Sons
2008
306 pages
$27.95
Hardcover
HD9710
Drawing on their access to Toyota facilities and documents and on interviews, Osono and two colleagues (Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy, Hitotsubashi U., Japan) analyze how the Toyota Production System, despite its contradictory nature, has driven the success of the world's #1 automaker. They conclude that this organizational model is successful because it reflects the paradoxes of everyday life: e.g., moving gradually yet taking revolutionary leaps, being frugal yet investing heavily in key areas, allowing employee dissent within its bureaucratic structure.
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