Lean Empowerment and Respect for People : The Evolution of Lean Production Sy...

by Trevor Gundlach

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Lean Empowerment and Respect for People : The Evolution of Lean Production Systems, Hardcover by Gundlach, Trevor, ISBN 1032644125, ISBN-13 9781032644127, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US "There are two pillars of a Lean Management System: Continuous Improvement and Respect of People. Most books about Lean Production have focused overwhelmingly on Continuous Improvement and fail to treat Respect of People as an equal pillar. It is overlooked or understated, resulting not in a Lean house, but a lean-to structure. It is our responsibility to level out the structure once again. But the study of people is messy and exciting. It demands that we explore multiple interdisciplinary studies, including psychology, sociology, philosophy, and even theology. This book runs a parallel course with Lean Production but has a different goal. Instead of production, efficiency, and financial gains, our goal is to understand the reasons why staff come to workin the morning. We can only understand a system when we understand its people. They own the culture. Lean must therefore evolve from a Production System to an Empowerment System. Lean Production will no longer serve the contemporary workforce: Knowledge workers. If you are reading this, you are likely a knowledge worker who deserves more than a repackaging of the same ideas. You are not a line worker, and your system should not treat you as such. Therefore, we need a new system. One that prioritizes Respect for People over Continuous Im

• Publisher: Productivity Press
• Year: 2024
• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9781032644127
• Condition: Fine

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