Real Lean: The Keys to Sustaining Lean Management (Volume Three): 3 - Softcover

Emiliani, Bob

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0972259163 ISBN 13: 9780972259163

Publisher: Center for Lean Business Management, LLC, The, 2008

Synopsis

What makes Lean management stick over the long term?

Most books on Lean focus on getting started and applying the tools. REAL LEAN Volume Three takes up the harder, less-examined question: what causes companies to abandon Lean after a few years, and what can executives actually do about it?

Drawing on the historical record — including the documented failure of Frederick Taylor's Scientific Management to outlive its founders — the author identifies the structural and behavioral forces that pull organizations back to conventional management.

Along the way he introduces 14 decision points executives must commit to, an in-depth examination of the often-overlooked "Respect for People" principle, and a framework called Lean enterprise estate planning for surviving inevitable changes in ownership and leadership.

A candid, evidence-based guide for executives, practitioners, and consultants thinking beyond the next pilot project.

About this title

About the Author

Dr. Bob Emiliani has been a progressive management practitioner and researcher for over 30 years. He worked in industry for 15 years and had management responsibility in engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain management at Pratt & Whitney. Bob was part of a team responsible for implementing TPS principles and practices in both manufacturing and supply chains at Pratt & Whitney. Subsequently, he was full-time professor for 23 years. He now holds the honorary title of Professor Emeritus. Bob was the first academic to establish a research agenda focused on Lean leadership, resulting in numerous publications and varied leadership development workshops. Bob is a prolific, versatile, and award-winning writer whose publications span engineering, business, social sciences, and humanities. He has authored or co-authored 28 books and 45 peer-reviewed papers across six different disciplines (leadership, management, management history, supply chain management, higher education, and materials engineering). His work is widely recognized and he is praised for being a unique voice and a creative thinker.

Edition details

• Publisher: Center for Lean Business Management, LLC, The
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0972259163
• ISBN 13: 9780972259163
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 174