For those that want to understand concisely Japanese Organisation Change within a American context you must read this book. David Bannister worked for an American manufacturing business that decided to adopt Japanese manufacturing principles based upon the Toyota Production System (TPS). The business already used the American Six Sigma principles in line with many American automotive businesses. So this gained him a unique opportunity to see and compare both the American and Japanese approaches to manufacturing. The idea for this book evolved out of an objective to try and communicate concisely how the Japanese approach Organisation Change which is very different to the American approach. But it needs to be appreciated that the Japanese culture has its own limitations against the American culture that more readily accepts radical changes. It is Japanese evolutionary change verse American revolutionary change. In fact those that choose to combine the two approaches are going to be the most successful businesses in the future.

This Concise Guide to Organisational Change - Japan provides a quick way for you to gain an understanding of this complex subject. It looks to summarise the essence of the subject and engage you as the reader in the main areas of knowledge supporting this subject. Most importantly the objective is to encourage you to go deeper into the subject so the background on the experts (gurus) behind this subject and their books should prove invaluable. As the author my understanding was acquired by practical industrial experience, training courses, seminars and reading. Much of my understanding came from reading many books so I have a view that you should read these books for yourself to acquire the knowledge from these experts first hand in their words not mine. The Bibliography included is therefore important since it details the books valued by the author although there are no doubt many more just as effective. With, sadly, most of these books now heading for the skip they can be easily acquired at low cost over the internet from many Second Hand book providers.