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100	1		_aImai, Masaaki, _d1930-
245	1	0	_aGemba Kaizen : _ba commonsense, low-cost approach to management / _cMasaaki Imai.
260			_aNew York : _bMcGraw-Hall, _c1997.
300			_axxx, 354 p ; _c24 cm.
520			_aIn this sequel to his popular business/quality management book, Kaizen: The Key to Japan's Competitive Success (1986), Imai offers a step forward?continuous improvement (kaizen) applied to the concept of continuous improvement in the workplace (gemba). The book reflects a definite operations bias. Indeed, Imai advocates the removal of all those peripheral things (muda) that cloud the focus of an organization. Some of the principles, such as the need for good housekeeping, seem simplistic, but Imai is on solid ground, demonstrating the practicality of gemba kaizen with a number of abbreviated case studies. The one weakness is the lack of adequate recognition of precedent setters: F.W. Taylor's Principles of Scientific Management (1912) and the work of W.A. Shewhart, W.E. Deming, J. Juran, etc.
526			_aTBS952 TBS950 TBS955
650		4	_aIndustrial management.
650		4	_aService industries _xManagement.
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