Adapting Japanese Management to American Organizations

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Reports on a fact-finding tour of Japanese factories organized and led by Work in American Institute, a New York-based work research organization. Process by which workers at Toyota Motor Corp.'s assembly plant in Takaoka, Japan, are able to minimize product defects; Aim of the tour to find out whether Japanese work innovations could be translated into effective programs for United States organizations.

Reports on a fact-finding tour of Japanese factories organized and led by Work in American Institute, a New York-based work research organization. Process by which workers at Toyota Motor Corp.'s assembly plant in Takaoka, Japan, are able to minimize product defects; Aim of the tour to find out whether Japanese work innovations could be translated into effective programs for United States organizations.