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  <titleInfo>
    <title>Toyota kata</title>
    <subTitle>managing people for improvement, adaptiveness, and superior results</subTitle>
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    <namePart>Rother, Mike</namePart>
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    <publisher>McGraw Hill</publisher>
    <dateIssued>c2010</dateIssued>
    <dateIssued encoding="marc">2010</dateIssued>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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    <extent>xx, 306 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.</extent>
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  <tableOfContents>The situation. What defines a company that thrives long term? -- Know yourself. How are we approaching process improvement? ; Philosophy and direction ; Origin and effects of our current management approach -- The improvement kata : how Toyota continuously improves. Planning : establishing a target condition ; Problem solving and adapting : moving toward a target condition -- The coaching kata : how Toyota teaches the improvement kata. Who carries out process improvement at Toyota? ; The coaching kata : leaders as teachers -- Replication : what about other companies? Developing improvement kata behavior in your organization -- Appendix 1 : where do you start with the improvement kata? -- Appendix 2 : process analysis</tableOfContents>
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  <note type="statement of responsibility">Mike Rother</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references and index</note>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Total quality management</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Personnel management</topic>
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  <identifier type="isbn">9780071635233 (alk. paper)</identifier>
  <identifier type="isbn">0071635238 (alk. paper)</identifier>
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