Extreme Toyota : radical contradictions that drive success at the world's best manufacturer

Osono, Emi 1965- (Author). Shimizu, Norihiko, 1940- (Added Author). Takeuchi, Hirotaka. (Added Author).

Summary: By almost any measure, Toyota is a model of extreme performance among the world's best manufacturers. The company is hugely profitable, known for strong engineering, durability, and reliability, and is on track to replace GM as the world's largest automaker. This book explains what makes Toyota great and what you and your business can learn from its success.

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ISBN: 0470267623
ISBN: 9780470267622
ISBN: 0470378492
ISBN: 9780470378496
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 306 pages) : illustrations, maps
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Publisher: Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, ©2008.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Literature review (pages 257-262). Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-296) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Extreme Toyota: an organization powered by creative contradictions -- Six opposing forces that drive the company's expansion--and keep it from breaking apart -- The force of impossible goals -- Eagerness to experiment -- Local customization -- The founder's philosophies -- Toyota's nerve system--a human version of the world Wide Web -- Up-and-in human resource management -- Toyota's resource base -- A company always in danger -- What your organization can learn from Toyota: ten powerful contradictions.
Restrictions on Access Note:	Restrictions unspecified
Reproduction Note:	Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.
System Details Note:	Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
Information Relating to Copyright Status:	Copyright © Wiley 2008
Language Note:	English.
Action Note:	digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.