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The Basics of Hoshin Kanri
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The Basics of Hoshin Kanri

by Randy K. Kesterson
July 2017
Beginner
165 pages
3h 51m
English
Productivity Press
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Preface

WHY I WROTE THIS BOOK

This is the story of a shoe that led to this book about Hoshin Kanri.

It was 2002 and I was flying home from Europe. It was a Friday, at the end of a long week of business travel. Between the bumps and lurches of the plane, I was working to put together a Strategy Formulation and Deployment approach for our company. My first attempt was pretty simplistic:

  1. 1.  FORMULATE STRATEGY: Develop a differentiating strategy that results in a set of strategic objectives for the business.
  2. 2.  DEPLOY THE STRATEGY: Carry out the strategy by cascading objectives down into the business units and functions, and by launching initiatives ...
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ISBN: 9781482218695