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International Management And Production
The bulk of the book provides an in-depth examination of such diverse management and production techniques as the centrally and worker managed systems of Eastern Europe, Kabbutz and Optimized Production Technology in Israel, and the American styles being successfully modified in Western Europe and Canada. An extensive look at Japan introduces workable facilities and production planning, management style, and employee relations techniques. Plenert also discusses systems borne out of unique cultural and economic conditions in Latin America, the Far East, and other developing regions.
A new corporate philosophy is not only desirable, but necessary to the health of the US economy. American managers need to adopt more relaxed and flexible methods used abroad. They need to realize that no management tool is appropriate to all situations; they must refrain from the ritualistic use of efficiency and cost reporting, ratio analysis, authoritarian shop floor control, and oversized and impersonal plants. This is Plenert’s central theme – and his facts suggest that it could be American industry’s key to regaining its competitive edge.
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