Bringing Diversity to Teams in Japanese Transplants -- Welcome to Kaizen Motors! -- Queens of the Line: Gender and Identity in Teams -- Sexual Attraction on the Line: Family, Affairs and Team Intensification -- The Color Line: Race and Identity in Teams -- The Aging Gurus and Young Gung-hoes --...

This handbook focuses on two sides of the lean production debate that rarely interact. On the one hand, management and industrial engineering scholars have presented a positive view of lean production as the epitome of efficiency and quality. On the other hand, sociology, industrial relations,...

"Chapter 1 Lean Production as the Dominant Division of Labor: Theories, Industries and National Contexts Thomas Janoski and Darina Lepadatu CH1-JanoskiLepadatu-3-5-20=15,619) The International Handbook of Lean Production provides an overall argument that lean systems are the dominant division of...

"This book examines the dominance and significance of lean organizing in the international economy. Scholars from each discipline see lean production as positive or negative; the book blends theory with practice by sorting out these different academic views and revealing how lean is implemented...