Far from the Factory: Lean for the Information Age

If you currently employ knowledge workers who do most of their work on computers or with computers, access the Internet, utilize internal and external databases, use e-mail or other new messaging technology, then this book is for you. Quite simply, this handbook is for any organization with a lot of Web DNA that wishes to cut costs, improve performance, and stay perpetually competitive. It is for change agents or managers within those organizations who work with information and want to leverage the latest crop of tool sets to deliver on the promise of Lean for the modern, information-rich office.

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Far from the Factory: Lean for the Information Age

If you currently employ knowledge workers who do most of their work on computers or with computers, access the Internet, utilize internal and external databases, use e-mail or other new messaging technology, then this book is for you. Quite simply, this handbook is for any organization with a lot of Web DNA that wishes to cut costs, improve performance, and stay perpetually competitive. It is for change agents or managers within those organizations who work with information and want to leverage the latest crop of tool sets to deliver on the promise of Lean for the modern, information-rich office.

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Far from the Factory: Lean for the Information Age

Far from the Factory: Lean for the Information Age

by George Gonzalez-Rivas, Linus Larsson
Far from the Factory: Lean for the Information Age

Far from the Factory: Lean for the Information Age

by George Gonzalez-Rivas, Linus Larsson

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If you currently employ knowledge workers who do most of their work on computers or with computers, access the Internet, utilize internal and external databases, use e-mail or other new messaging technology, then this book is for you. Quite simply, this handbook is for any organization with a lot of Web DNA that wishes to cut costs, improve performance, and stay perpetually competitive. It is for change agents or managers within those organizations who work with information and want to leverage the latest crop of tool sets to deliver on the promise of Lean for the modern, information-rich office.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781040083352
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 11/15/2017
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 325
File size: 8 MB

About the Author

Linus Larsson, George Gonzalez-Rivas

Table of Contents

LEAN FOR THE KNOWLEDGE WORKER: What Is Knowledge Worker Lean?. It Came from the Factory: The Origins of Lean. The Perfect Information Storm. The Great Modern Office Wasteland. The I in CIO: Information Transformation. THE KNOWLEDGE WORKER’S LEAN FIELD BOOK: How to Launch Your Lean Journey Model Information Flow: The Information Element and the Information Matrix. How to Implement Knowledge Worker Lean. How to Sustain Knowledge Worker Lean. Change Management: Practical Lessons from Monks, Generals, and Fashion Models. Knowledge Worker Lean: The Takeaway.
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