ABSTRACT

"Command and Control is failing us. There is a better way to design and manage work - a better way to make work work - but it remains unknown to the vast majority of managers."

An adherent of the Toyota Production System, John Seddon explains how traditional top-down decision making within service organizations leads to managers

chapter 1|10 pages

Once upon a time in manufacturing

chapter 2|24 pages

The customer service center as a system

chapter 4|20 pages

Better measures, better thinking

chapter 5|24 pages

The ‘break–fix’ archetype

chapter 6|34 pages

Learning to see, learning to lead

chapter 8|28 pages

Do these hold water?

chapter 9|20 pages

Watch out for the toolheads