The myth of Japanese efficiency the world car industry in a globalizing age
Introducing the myth of Japanese efficiency -- Wide selection : a myth encountered -- Production malapropisms : the BMW-Rover Group controversy -- Lean production : the dog that did not bark -- Back to the future : the reorganization of work at Toyota -- Rivalrous asymmetries and the Japanese myth -...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cheltenham
Edward Elgar
c2006
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| Collection: | Edward Elgar eBook Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Introducing the myth of Japanese efficiency -- Wide selection : a myth encountered -- Production malapropisms : the BMW-Rover Group controversy -- Lean production : the dog that did not bark -- Back to the future : the reorganization of work at Toyota -- Rivalrous asymmetries and the Japanese myth -- Rethinking lean thinking : substance and counterfeit -- The totalizing myth : Japanese efficiency as a cultural fiction Combining case studies with accessible but rigorous production models and historical background, this provocative book challenges accepted views on Japanese production methods in the world car industry. The book argues that the 'lean and flexible' production model popularly associated with Toyota MC is a myth, but one which sheds light on cultural responses to the attendant stresses of globalization. To illustrate this, Dan Coffey provides individual studies of process flexibility, labour productivity and the re-organization of work in the global car industry |
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| Physical Description: | v, 202 p ill |
| ISBN: | 9781781952986 1845420411 9781845420413 |