Workplace management
by Taiichi Ohno · first published 1988
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Account of the management practices behind Toyota's lean production by its architect, often paired with Deming; suited to managers and engineers who want the thinking behind lean, not just tools.
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on “Theory-building and why employee churn is lethal to software companies” ↗Taiichi Ohno - Workplace Management (1988). BUT: Get the 2007 retranslation instead, the original translation is responsible for every horrible management fad since the early 90s. And then go read some W. Edwards Deming, and maybe some…
on “Ask HN: Best project management practices in 2018?” ↗"Quality, Productivity, and Competitive Position" and "Out of the Crisis" - W. E. Deming "Workplace Management" - Taiichi Ohno "Lean Six Sigma" - Jeffrey Ries But aside from these "management philosophies", there's also standard industry/role practices that companies don't require their employees to implement,…
on “More than five whys and “layer eight” problems” ↗Why don't you read some books? - Out of the crisis and The new economics, Deming - Workplace Management and Toyota Production System, Ohno - Peopleware, DeMarco & Lister - Managing the professional service firm, Meister (delegation) - Leadership Handbook, US Army
on “Ask HN: How to be a manager? Any good sources for learning how to delegate?” ↗Essay: Rickover's "Doing a job" - https://govleaders.org/rickover.htm Books: - Rickover's "The Never-Ending Challenge of Engineering" - Taichi Ohno's "WorkPlace Management"
on “Ask HN: Good books on philosophy of engineering?” ↗…If there is arrogance in our approach, it's our failure to learn from other industries; lots of people in the tech industry have heard of the Five Whys, but very few have actually read Taiichi Ohno's Workplace Management, W. Edwards Deming's Out Of The Crisis or Walter A. Shewhart's Economic Control of Quality of Manufactured Product. I frequently recommend this lecture on the Piper Alpha disaster, a fire on an offshore…
on “The Cult of the Root Cause” ↗