The central message of Toyota Kata is to describe and explain Toyota’s process for managing people. Rother sets forth with great clarity and detail Toyota’s unique improvement and leadership routines, or kata, by which Toyota achieves sustained competitive advantage. The transformative insight in Toyota Kata is that Toyota’s “improvement. 'Toyota Kata gets to the essence of how Toyota manages continuous improvement and human ingenuity, through its improvement kata and coaching kata. Mike Rother explains why typical companies fail to understand the core of lean and make limited progress—and what it takes to make it a real part of your culture.' Toyota Kata by Mike Rother. Toyota Kata: Managing People for Improvement, Adaptiveness and Superior Results by Mike Rother Requirements.MP3 reader, 245 MB Overview: This game-changing book puts you behind the curtain at Toyota, providing new insight into the legendary automaker’s management practices and offering practical guidance for leading and developing people in a way that makes the.

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At getAbstract, we summarize books* that help people understand the world and make it better. Whatever we select for our library has to excel in one or the other of these two core criteria:

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We rate each piece of content on a scale of 1–10 with regard to these two core criteria. Our rating helps you sort the titles on your reading list from adequate (5) to brilliant (10). Books we rate below 5 won’t be summarized. Here's what the ratings mean:

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Overview – You’ll get a broad treatment of the subject matter, mentioning all its major aspects.
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Well structured – You’ll find this to be particularly well organized to support its reception or application.

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