{"product_id":"toyota-kata-managing-people-for-improvement-adaptiveness-and-superior-results-hardcover","title":"Toyota Kata: Managing People for Improvement, Adaptiveness and Superior Results - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMike Rother\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eToyota Kata\u003c\/i\u003e gets to the essence of how Toyota manages continuous improvement and human ingenuity, through its improvement kata and coaching kata. Mike Rother 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.\"\u003cbr\u003e --Jeffrey K. Liker, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Toyota Way\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[\u003ci\u003eToyota Kata\u003c\/i\u003e is] one of the stepping stones that will usher in a new era of management thinking.\"\u003cbr\u003e --The Systems Thinker \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"How any organization in any industry can progress from old-fashioned management by results to a strikingly different and better way.\"\u003cbr\u003e--James P. Womack, Chairman and Founder, Lean Enterprise Institute \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Practicing the improvement kata is perhaps the best way we've found so far for actualizing PDCA in an organization.\"\u003cbr\u003e--John Shook, Chairman and CEO, Lean Enterprise Institute \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis game-changing book puts you behind the curtain at Toyota, providing new insight into the legendary automaker's management practices and offering practical guidance for leading and developing people in a way that makes the best use of their brainpower.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDrawing on six years of research into Toyota's employee-management routines, \u003ci\u003eToyota Kata\u003c\/i\u003e examines and elucidates, for the first time, the company's organizational routines--called \u003ci\u003ekata\u003c\/i\u003e--that power its success with continuous improvement and adaptation. The book also reaches beyond Toyota to explain issues of human behavior in organizations and provide specific answers to questions such as: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow can we make improvement and adaptation part of everyday work throughout the organization? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow can we develop and utilize the capability of everyone in the organization to repeatedly work toward and achieve new levels of performance? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow can we give an organization the power to handle dynamic, unpredictable situations and keep satisfying customers?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eMike Rother explains how to improve our prevailing management approach through the use of two kata: Improvement Kata--a repeating routine of establishing challenging target conditions, working step-by-step through obstacles, and always learning from the problems we encounter; and Coaching Kata: a pattern of teaching the improvement kata to employees at every level to ensure it motivates their ways of thinking and acting.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith clear detail, an abundance of practical examples, and a cohesive explanation from start to finish, \u003ci\u003eToyota Kata\u003c\/i\u003e gives executives and managers at any level actionable routines of thought and behavior that produce superior results and sustained competitive advantage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLead, Manage, and Develop Your People--the Toyota Way!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eToyota Kata\u003c\/i\u003e gets to the essence of how Toyota manages continuous improvement and human ingenuity, through its improvement kata and coaching kata. Mike Rother 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.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e--Jeffrey K. Liker, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Toyota Way\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"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--\u003ci\u003eToyota Kata\u003c\/i\u003e is a must read!\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eKeith Allman, President, Delta Faucet Company\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Mike Rother's \u003ci\u003eToyota Kata\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003efrom the Foreword by H. Thomas Johnson, author of \u003ci\u003eProfit Beyond Measure\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"In \u003ci\u003eToyota Kata\u003c\/i\u003e, Rother has put his finger on the heart of the coaching process at Toyota. He has distilled the PDCA process to its simplest and most essential core. Much of Toyota's success is rooted in these subtle yet powerful behaviors Mike so clearly describes. Kata provides a level of clear insight into the key principles underlying Toyota culture in a way that can be easily understood and applied. Essential reading for any company committed to lasting culture change.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eBill Costantino, W3 Group, Former Group Leader TMMK (Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky, Inc.)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMike Rother\u003c\/b\u003e is an engineer, a teacher, and a guest researcher at the Technical University Dortmund. Rother's work has bought him to numerous companies and hundreds of factories around the world, where he collaborates with people to test ideas and shares lessons learned. He splits his time between Ann Arbor, and Cologne, Germany. Rother has been entered into the Association of Manufacturing Excellence's Hall of Fame.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.13 x 9.18 x 6.34 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51964678111533,"sku":"9780071635233","price":33.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/toyota-kata-managing-people-for-improvement-adaptiveness-and-superior-results-hardcover-8434006.webp?v=1775476927","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/toyota-kata-managing-people-for-improvement-adaptiveness-and-superior-results-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}