Kurzbeschreibung von: Toyota Kata

Written by a two-time Shingo Prize award-winning author, this is the first book to analyze Toyota's secret weapons, Toyota Kata: organizational routines that give their employees a means, a pattern, for achieving ambitious targets in the face of unpredictable conditions.

Beschreibung von: Toyota Kata

Lead, Manage, and Develop Your People - the Toyota Way!
" Toyota Kata gets to the essence of how Toyota manages continuous improvement and human ingenuity, through its improvement kata and coaching kata. Mike explains why typical companies fail to understand the core of lean and make limited progress, and what it takes to make it a real part of your culture." (Jeffrey K. Liker)
By uncovering exactly what makes Toyota the standard bearer in a way that is accessible to every management level, in every industry, Rother has given the business world a true gem-- Toyota Kata is a must read!
Keith Allman, President, Delta Faucet Company
Mike Rother's Toyota Kata is a rare and exciting event--a book that casts entirely new light on a much-heralded set of management practices, giving those practices new significance and power.

Inhaltsverzeichnis von: Toyota Kata

Introduction - Transforming our Understanding of Leadership and Management
PART I: THE SITUATION Chapter 1: What Defines a Company that Thrives Long Term? PART II: KNOW YOURSELF Chapter 2: How Are We Approaching Process Improvement? Chapter 3: Philosophy and Direction Chapter 4: Origin and Effects of Our Current Management Approach PART III: THE IMPROVEMENT KATA: HOW TOYOTA CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVES Chapter 5: Planning: Establishing a Target Condition Chapter 6: Problem Solving and Adapting: Moving Toward a Target Condition PART IV: THE COACHING KATA: HOW TOYOTA TEACHES THE IMPROVEMENT KATA Chapter 7: Who Carries Out Process Improvement at Toyota? Chapter 8: The Coaching Kata - Leaders as Teachers PART V: REPLICATION: WHAT ABOUT OTHER COMPANIES? Chapter 9: Developing Improvement Kata Behavior in Your Organization Conclusion Bibliography Appendix 1: Where Do You Start With the Improvement Kata? Appendix 2: How to Analyze a Production Process