Engineered In Japan. Japanese Technology-Management Practices.
Liker Jeffrey, Ettlie John E, Campbell John C.
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Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publisher Place: Oxford
Publisher Year: 1995
Edition: First Edition
Description: 404 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in Fine condition throughout. This Presents A Unique And Comprehensive Examination Of Technology Management In The Most Successful Japanese Companies: Unique In That All Chapters Go Beyond Superficial Descriptions Of Stylized Practices To Look In Depth At Particular Issues, Often Condradicting Or Qualifying The Conventional Wisdom: Comprehensive In That It Covers The Entire Technology Life Cycle From Basic R And D, To Development Engineering, To Manufacturing Processes, To Learning From The Japanese.
Publishers Description: Engineered in Japan: Japanese Technology-Management Practices presents a unique and comprehensive examination of technology management in the most successful Japanese companies. Each chapter is based on original research by noted scholars in the field, and identifies technology management practices that have become a major source of competitive advantage for highly successful Japanese companies. Engineered in Japan documents the best practices from such companies as Toyota, Hitachi, Toshiba, and Nippondenso, and discusses how these technology management practices can be usefully adopted in other cultural contexts. "U.S. managers can perhaps learn more from the process of creation in Japan and the organizational structures that support innovation," say the editors in their introduction, "than from the particular approaches, tools, and technologies created." A running theme throughout the book is that Japanese managers and engineers tend to think in terms of systems, focusing not just on the parts but on the connections between them. Engineered in Japan is must reading for technology managers and engineers, along with anyone interested in Japanese business, engineering, and management.
ISBN: 9780195095555
(130267)
