Abstract

A must-read book for those who want to strengthen their teams and organizations.

Twenty years after the 36th printing and 170,000 copies of the bestselling "Forging On-Site Capabilities," this is the latest edition of the book!

The new environment is developing —- changing employee values and drastic development in the economic environment and technology ......

To adapt to these new environments, we need to update our management facts shown below;

・The "4 No’s" Management of the past Japanese Companies is like these;
“No investment”: It has restrained aggressive capital investment and investment in human resource development.
“No increase in personnel”: Relying on non-permanent employees and limiting the growth of permanent employees.
“No Wage Increases": Profits have gone to retained earnings and dividends, and salaries have not been increased.
“No price increases”: Prices have not been adjusted to reflect values of products and services.

・Three "excesses" of Japanese companies
Over-analysis
Excessive planning
Excessive compliance

・Two "neglects" of Japanese companies
Neglect of low-profit businesses
Neglect of pre-modern organizational culture

So, what should executives, managers, and front-line workers do first respectively, in what order, and how?

The "Kushi-dango (skewered dumplings on a skewe) Model" is an absolute prerequisite for revival, in our own teams and organizations.
By employing the "Kushi-dango” Model, we can produce the best team and organization that can "execute" and "deliver results".

What is The "Kushi-dango” Model? and How can we create the "Kushi-dango” Model?
This book will tell you everything you need to know!

Author’s Information

Isao Endo is a graduate of the School of Commerce at Waseda University. He holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Boston College, U.S.A. He has worked for Mitsubishi Electric Corporation and several foreign strategic consulting firms. He was a professor at Waseda University Business School from 2006 to 2016 and retired as Chairman of Roland Berger Japan at the end of June 2020. Since July of the same year, he has been working as an independent consultant on an "unaffiliated" basis. He has served as an outside director and management advisor for many companies, is involved in corporate training for next-generation leaders, and is the author of many books, including two bestsellers, "Forging Field Capability" and "Visualization" (both published by Toyo Keizai Inc.), which have sold over 170,000 copies.

（Information is current at the time of publishing.）