Lean Library

Lean Library

The Office of Process Improvement has a library of Lean resources available for loan.  Below is the list of resources that includes books, DVDs and workshop materials.  These resources cover the basics of Lean, Lean culture building strategies, group facilitation, and specific Lean tools and concepts.

These resources are available for loan to all faculty, staff and students.  Contact the Manager of Process Improvement at wmdavis@mtu.edu to check out a book.  Feel free to stop by 136W Wadsworth Hall to check out the library in person.

Lean Library Resources Available for Loan

Click on the title to see more information.  Some link pages may have purchase information, but remember, all books are available for loan at no charge from the Manager of Process Improvement!

Andy and Me: Crisis and Transformation on the Lean Journey

Beyond Change Management: Advanced Strategies for Today's Transformational Leaders

Business Officer Magazine - February 2013 edition with Dining Services article

Change Agents' Handbook: A Survival Guide for Quality Improvement Champions, The

Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right, The

Complete Lean Enterprise: Value Stream Mapping for Administrative and Office Processes, The

Consultant's Tool Kit, The

Creating a Lean Culture

Critical Chain

Deming Dimension, The

Deming's Profound Changes: When Will the Sleeping Giant Awaken?

Dr. Deming: The American Who Taught the Japanese About Quality

Empowerment Takes More Than a Minute

Everything I Know About Lean I Learned in First Grade

Factory of One: Applying Lean Principles to Banish Waste and Improve Your Personal Performance, A

Feeding the Zircon Gorilla and other team building activities

Four Days with Dr. Deming: A Strategy for Modern Methods of Management

Getting the Right Things Done: A leader's guide to planning and execution

Group Facilitation Methods - This is a book from a workshop by The Institute of Cultural Affairs

Hitchhiker's Guide to Lean, The

How to De-Junk Your Life: Keys to Taking Control, Getting Organized and Getting It All Done

Human Side of Change, The: A Practical Guide to Organization Redesign

Idea Generator: Quick and Easy Kaizen, The

It's Our Ship: The No-Nonsense Guide to Leadership (Book on CD)

Kaizen Event Planner: Achieving Rapid Improvement in Office, Service, and Technical Environments, The

Kaizen: The Key to Japan's Competitive Success

Leader's Handbook: A Guide to Inspiring Your People and Managing the Daily Workflow, The

Leading Change: An Action Plan From the World's Foremost Expert on Business Leadership

Leading Change, Overcoming Chaos: A Seven-Stage Process for Making Change Succeed in Your Organization

Lean Accounting Guidebook: How to Create a World-Class Accounting Department, The

Lean Enterprise Memory Jogger, The

Lean for Dummies

Lean Higher Education: Increasing Value and Performance of University Processes

Lean Human Resources: Redesigning HR Processes for a Culture of Continuous Improvement

Lean IT: Enabling and Sustaining Your Lean Transformation

Lean Office: Demystified

Lean Office: Demystified II

Lean Solutions: How Companies and Customers Can Create Value and Wealth Together

Lean Thinking: Banish Waste and Create Wealth in Your Corporation

Lean Transformation

Lean Turnaround: How Business Leaders Use Lean Principles to Create Value and Transform Their Company, The

Learning Organizations: Developing Cultures for Tomorrow's Workplace

Managing at the Speed of Change: How Resiliten Managers Succeed and Prosper Where Others Fail

Managing Change: Practical Strategies for Competitive Advantage

Managing The Unknowable: Strategic Boundaries Between Order and Chaos in Organizations

Managing to Learn: Using the A3 management process to solve problems, gain agreement, mentor, and lead

Miniature Guide to Critical Thinking - Concepts & Tools, The

New Lean Pocket Guide XL: Tools for the Elimination of Waste!, The

Open Book Management: The Coming Business Revolution

Organize Your Office: Simple Routines for Managing Your Workspace

Our Iceberg is Melting: Changing and Succeeding Under Any Conditions

Out of The Crisis

Outstanding Organization: Generate Business Results by Eliminating Chaos and Building the Foundation for Everyday Excellence, The

Power of Innovative Thinking, The

Secrets of Facilitation: The S.M.A.R.T. Guide to Getting Results with Groups, The

Shortcuts to Creating & Maintaining Organized Files & Records

Systems Thinking: Managing Chaos and Complexity

Talent Code: Greatness Isn't Born.  It's Grown.  Here's How., The

Ten Steps to a Learning Organization

Theory of Constraints

Thinking About Quality: Progress, Wisdom, and the Deming Philosophy

Today's Lean Leader: A Practical Guide to Applying Lean Six Sigma and Emerging Technologies to Leadership and Supervision

Today's Lean! Learning About and Identifying Waste - Pocket Guide

Today's Lean! Using 5S to Organize and Standardize Areas and Files - Pocket Guide

Toyota Kata: Managing People for Improvement, Adaptiveness, and Superior Results

Toyota Production System: Beyond Large-Scale Production

Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles from the World's Greatest Manufacturer, The

Toyota Way Fieldbook, The

Understanding A3 Thinking: A Critical Component of Toyota's PDCA Management System

Who Moved My Cheese

Womack on Lean Management: A Live Video Seminar

Working With Difficult People