Articles by Godefroy Beauvallet

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Michael Balle , Godefroy Beauvallet, Art Smalley, and Durward Sobek directs our attention to the purposes that underlie the Toyota approach (TPS). According to practitioners of TPS, implementing lean practices will only produce the desired results if managerial aims are consistent with the methods. One practitioner describes the primary aim as drawing out people's capability and motivation. That's a little different than driving out cost. The authors hope that by framing the change to be implemented primarily as a "thinking" system, we will appreciate that the work of management is about "frame control" and producing a supportive context for new tools and methods. They offer illustrations of how frame control can be both taught and learned. Plug Power CEO Roger Saillant shares his own experience as a practitioner in the accompanying commentary. Read Full Article

Commentary by Roger Saillant