03674cam a2200469Mu 4500 9781003165910 FlBoTFG 20260210180859.0 m o d cr cnu---unuuu 210313s2021 xx o ||| 0 eng d OCoLC-P eng OCoLC-P 9781000377460 1000377466 9781003165910 (electronic bk.) 1003165915 (electronic bk.) 9781000377484 (electronic bk. : EPUB) 1000377482 (electronic bk. : EPUB) (OCoLC)1241444262 (OCoLC-P)1241444262 HD57.7 BUS 087000 bisacsh BUS 071000 bisacsh BUS 097000 bisacsh TDP bicssc 658.4092 23 Garneau, Wallace. The Way Forward [electronic resource] : Lean Leadership and Systems Thinking for Large and Small Businesses. Milton : Productivity Press, 2021. 1 online resource (201 p.) Description based upon print version of record. This bookhelps business leaders see how employees, companies, and missions all interact with each other, as well as with society at large, in systems and subsystems at various levels. It helps leaders learn how to connect the dots, becoming customer-centric in everything they do and then spreading the same goals down to their supply chains. The book discusses what is, and what is not, leadership, covering such topics as statistics-based management, process-improvement, and human resources. The author accomplishes this through a blend of Lean culture and managerial theory, as well as his military experience. In addition, the author contrasts many opposing subjects, such as efficiencies of scale versus efficiencies of build, automation versus process improvement, process innovation versus product innovation, technical versus tactical proficiency, and pull versus push production. With most books focused on Lean initiatives, there is a tremendous amount of benefit involved in creating customer value while reducing waste, but this book takes a holistic approach, blending in modern managerial theory, team leadership skills, and economics. The result is a book that changes how the reader approaches business. Essentially, the purpose of this book is to blend modern management theories with the culture of Lean (and perhaps a sprinkling of economics) to show current business leaders how to create organizations that are as customer-oriented and highly efficient in delivering value as possible. If one thinks of each role in an organization as a spot on an assembly line, where everything each person does creates output someone else uses, the question becomes whether or not each person's activities maximize the effectiveness of others. Do we, as organizations, set ourselves up for success or for failure? Most companies, if they answer honestly, would say, "A little bit of both." This book is about helping those companies improve. OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record. Leadership. 3365 Lean manufacturing Management. Success in business. 4611 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Production & Operations Management bisacsh BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Leadership bisacsh BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Workplace Culture bisacsh Taylor & Francis https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003165910 OCLC metadata license agreement http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/forms/terms/vbrl-201703.pdf 93360 93359