Gemba Walks the Toyota Way: The Place to Teach and Learn Management Mar Eshai Shimun ISBN13: 9781880954287

ISBN13: 9781880954287

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Publish Date: 11 January 2012

ISBN13: 9781640652071

Gemba Walks the Toyota Way: The Place to Teach and Learn Management Mar Eshai Shimun ISBN13: 9781880954287Gemba is a Japanese word meaning the actual place where value creating work happens. Many leaders use gemba only for solving problems, visiting only when there is an issue. Others practice gemba walks on a daily basis to follow up and monitor the situation. However, Toyota believes that leaders truly develop through daily experiences at the gemba. In reality, gemba is a principle for managing, developing and improving people and processes. It is a