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

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Osono, Emi , 1965- (Author), Bigelow, Susan J. (Author), Dorton, John Kyle (Author), Shimizu, Norihiko , 1940- (Author), Takeuchi, Hirotaka (Author)
Format: Book
Published: Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons , c2008
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Extreme Toyota: an organization powered by creative contradictions
  • 2. Six opposing forces that drive the company's expansion-and keep it from breaking apart
  • 3. The force of impossible goals
  • 4. Eagerness to experiment
  • 5. Local customization
  • 6. The founder's philosophies
  • 7. Toyota's nerve system-a human version of the world wide web
  • 8. Up-and-in human resource management
  • 9. Toyota's resources base
  • 10. a company always in danger
  • 11. What your organization can learn from Toyota: ten powerful contradictions