Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: Lean Work Design -- Chapter 2: Customers Drive the Lean Company -- Chapter 3: Process Flow -- Chapter 4: Little's Law -- Chapter 5: The Effects of Variance in the System -- Chapter 6: Buffer Management -- Chapter 7: People -- Chapter...

Lean Work Design comes directly from our view that lean operations results from the work design. This book uses three existing work design theories to study lean operations and to identify the principles of lean operations. First, systems theory is used to conceptualize how lean operations...

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION -- TWENTY-FIRST-CENTURY WORKERS AND FAMILY LIFE -- 1 THE LONG REACH OF THE JOB -- 2 MULTITASKING AMONG WORKING FAMILIES -- 3 COMING TOGETHER AT DINNER -- THE MISFIT BETWEEN OLD WORKPLACES AND A NEW WORKFORCE -- 4 CUSTOMIZING CAREERS...

Social work space is emerging as a major avenue for sharing knowledge and the creation of social capital. Social space and physical space needs to be in balance. Virtual space must also be included in this mix. The physical work environment can support the new sense of place and space in the...