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Oliver, Nick – Learning Organization, 2008
Purpose: In the 1980s and 1990s enthusiasm for Japanese or "lean" manufacturing methods swept through Western industry. At the time, commentators argued that these methods represented a new paradigm of manufacturing, a radical break with traditional methods. The purpose of this paper is to explore the process of conversion from one…
Descriptors: Models, Critical Incidents Method, Manufacturing, Administrative Principles