Notes From Toyota-Land - An American Engineer in Japan

Informationen zum Autor Darius Mehri. foreword by Robert Perrucci Klappentext Mehri also describes a surprisingly unhealthy work environment, a high rate of injuries due to inadequate training, fast line speeds, crowded factories, racism, and lack of team support. And in conversations with his colleagues, he uncovered a culture of intimidation, subservience, and vexed relationships with many aspects of their work and surroundings. As both an engaging memoir of cross-cultural misunderstanding and a primer on Japanese business and industrial practices, Notes from Toyota-land will be a revelation to everyone who believes that Japanese business practices are an ideal against which to measure success. Zusammenfassung In 1996, Darius Mehri traveled to Japan to work as a computer simulation engineer within the Toyota production system. Once there, he found a corporate experience far different from what he had expected. Notes from Toyota-land, based on a diary that...

Product details

• Authors: Darius Mehri, Mehri Darius
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.08.2005
• EAN: 9780801442896
• ISBN: 978-0-8014-4289-6
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Ilr Press Book; Ilr Press Book
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics