Framing and managing lean organizations in the new economy / Darina Lepadatu and Thomas Janoski.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lepadatu, Darina, author.

Janoski, Thomas, author.

Contributor:

Taylor & Francis eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lean manufacturing--Management.

Lean manufacturing.

Organizational effectiveness.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxii, 276 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2020.

Biography/History:

Darina Lepadatu is Professor of Sociology and International Conflict Management at Kennesaw State University in metro Atlanta, USA and the current President of the Georgia Sociological Association. Thomas Janoski is Professor of Sociology at the University of Kentucky, and has taught at the University of California-Berkeley, where he received his Ph. D. in Sociology, and Duke University, where he helped create the highly successful Program in Management and Marketing Studies.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Tables

Figures

Boxes

Abbreviations

Japanese and German Terms

Preface

1 Introduction

Part I Theories of Lean Production

2 The Management and Industrial Engineering Approaches to Lean Production

3 Social Science, Critical, and Socio-Technical Approaches to Lean Production

4 The Labor and Employee Relations and Human Resources Perspectives: Balancing Employer and Worker Interests

5 The Wider Sweep of Global Lean Production: Diversified Quality Production, Models of Production, and State-Led Capitalism

Part II Models of Lean Production

6 The Leaders in the Field of Lean Production: Toyota and Honda from Japan to the World

7 The Emergence of Semi-Lean Production: Ford Motor Company, the Nissan Corporation, and McDonald's

8 Creative Teams at Home and Fordism Abroad: Design and Production at Nike, Apple, and Google

9 High-Powered Merchandizing as a Special Case of Lean: Walmart, Costco, and Amazon

Part III Syntheses and Conclusions

10 Comparing and Synthesizing Lean Models and Exploring Lean Politics

11 Conclusion: What the New Divisions of Labor Mean

References

Subject Index

Name Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 24, 2020).

Other Format:

Print version: Lepadatu, Darina. Framing and managing lean organizations in the new economy.

ISBN:

9781351015158

135101515X

9781351015141

1351015141

9781351015134

1351015133

9781351015127

1351015125

Publisher Number:

99993085898

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.