Darina Lepadatu, Thomas Janoski

Framing and Managing Lean Organizations in the New Economy (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the dominance and significance of lean organizing in the international economy. Scholars from each discipline see lean production as positive or negative; the book blends theory with practice by sorting out these different academic views and revealing how lean is implemented in different ways.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 298
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Februar 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351015141
• Artikelnr.: 58684167

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

1: Introduction: The Old and New Divisions of Labor Part I: Framing Lean
Organizations 2: The Management and Industrial Engineering Approaches to
Lean Production 3: The Social Science, Critical and Socio-Technical
Approaches to Lean Production 4: The Labor and Employee Relations and Human
Resources Perspectives of Balancing Employer and Worker Interests 5: The
Wider Sweep of Global Lean Production: Diversified Quality Production,
Models of Production, and the State-led Capitalism Part II: Managing Lean
OrganizationsChapter 6: The Leaders in the Field of Lean Production: Toyota
and Honda from Japan to the World 7: The Emergence of Semi-Lean at the Ford
Motor Company, the Nissan Corporation and McDonalds 8: Creative Teams at
Home and Fordism Abroad: Design and Production at the Nike, Apple and the
Google Corporations 9: High Powered Merchandizing as a Special Case of
Lean: Walmart, Costco and Amazon.com Part III: Syntheses and Conclusions
10: synthesizing Lean Models and Exploring the Political Economy of the New
Division of Labor 11: Conclusion: The Global Dominance and Complex Forms of
Lean Production