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Becoming World Class

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  • © 1994

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  1. Clive Morton
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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. The Best of Both Worlds

    • Clive Morton
    Pages 1-13

  3. Understanding the Japanese

    • Clive Morton
    Pages 14-28

  4. How We Made It Happen — The Best of Both Worlds at Komatsu UK

    • Clive Morton
    Pages 29-65

  5. How Can Your Company Achieve Best Practice?

    • Clive Morton
    Pages 66-96

  6. What is ‘World Class’?

    • Clive Morton
    Pages 97-134

  7. ‘Japanese’ Management Techniques

    • Clive Morton
    Pages 135-168

  8. What Now for Japan?

    • Clive Morton
    Pages 169-188

  9. Should We Be Concerned about Manufacturing in the West?

    • Clive Morton
    Pages 189-218

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 219-257
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About this book

This book addresses the issues concerned with the achievement of world class competitiveness by major international companies. It is the story of creating success where failure was endemic and demonstrating that so-called Japanese management techniques can be applied elsewhere by other western companies to attain market supremacy. It is a book based on personal experience but related to theory and thus is of use to the reader trying to change where they work for the better as well as providing answers to a number of commonly asked questions: * Why are the Japanese so consistently successful? * Can we compete and become World Class using our culture and Japanese management techniques? * Is there a manufacturing future for the UK and Europe in the face of competition from the Pacific Basin? * How do we achieve world class competitiveness? How do you start this in your business?

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'I learnt a great deal from (Becoming World Class) and I would be surprised if there is ... anybody who wants to do business with the Japanese or to succeed in world competitive terms who will not find something worthwhile in this book.' - Sir John Harvey-Jones

About the author

CLIVE MORTON has a portfolio career as Business Development Director at Anglian Water; Chair of Peterborough Hospitals and other non-executive roles; Visiting Professor at Middlesex, Newcastle and Northumbria Universities; and is now an independent consultant on World Class Strategies and Board Development.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Becoming World Class

  • Authors: Clive Morton

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-13601-8

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Business & Management Collection, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Clive Morton 1994

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-62560-6Published: 21 September 1994

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-13601-8Published: 27 July 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 257

  • Number of Illustrations: 19 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: International Business, Management

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