Knowledge-Driven Work

by Michio Nitta, Betty Barrett, Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld

Book Overview

The daily work experiences of people in almost any part of the world are shaped by workplace innovations. This book provides a close-up of eight Japanese affiliated manufacturing facilities operating in the United States, tracing the flow of ideas from Japan to the US and the beginnings of a reverse diffusion of innovation back to Japan. Arguing that traditional conceptions of knowledge in the workplace are incomplete, the author introduces the concept...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019511454X
• ISBN13: 9780195114546
• Release Date: September 1998
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 9.5"