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Corrections to the publication: "The Toyota Economic System"
Suggested Reading
“The Toyota Economic System:
How Leaders Create True Economic Prosperity Through Financial Congruency, Dignity of Work, and Economic Stewardship” by Olivier Larue. To be republished soon due to publication errors from the publisher.
Click on link below to access corrections.
– “Toyota Production System, Beyond Large-Scale Production” by Taiichi Ohno
– “Workplace Management” by Taiichi Ohno. Productivity Press, P.O. Box 3007, Cambridge, MA 02140. Tel: 617-497-5146
– “The Toyota Way by Jeffery K. Liker, Publication Mc Graw Hill 04.
– “The High-Velocity Edge: How Markets Leaders Leverage Operational Excellence to Beat the Competition.” Second Edition by Steven J. Spear.
– “Toyota Production System” by Yasuhiro Monden, 3nd edition. You can contact the Institute of Industrial Engineers, 3577 Parkway lane, Suite 200, Norcross, Georgia, 30092. Tel: 404-449-0460, fax 770-441-3295
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– “Lean Thinking” by J. Womack and D. Jones (available at most bookstores)
– “The machine that changed the world” by J. Womack and D. Jones (available at most bookstores)
– “Reversed Thinking” Benjamin Coriat, Translated from French by Olivier H. Larue (Request at: Olarue@Ydatum.com)
– “Management Meetings” by Olivier H. Larue (Request at: Olarue@Ydatum.com)
– “The Theory of Business Enterprise” by Thorstein Veblen (1904)
– “The Principles of Scientific Management” by Frederic W. Taylor (1911)
– “General and Indutrial Management” by henri Fayol (1916)
– “Today and Tomorrow” by Henry Ford
– ” Economy and Society” by Max Weber (1922)
– “The Functions of the Executive” by Chester I. Barnard (1948)
– “The Management Practice” by Peter F. Drucker (1954)
– “The Human Side of Enterprise” by Douglas McGregor (1960)
– “Strategy and Structure” by Alfred D. Chandler (1962)
– “Competitive Strategy” by Micheal E. Porter (1980)
– Decoding the DNA of the Toyota Production System*
Author(s): Steven Spear; H. kent Bowen. Harvard Business Review, Oct 99
– Toyota Looks Back Ahead
Enquirer Business Coverage
Tuesday, May 23, 2000
– Why Toyota Wins Such High Marks On Quality Surveys
The Wall Street Journal
Thursday, March 15, 2001