When the product which customer bought is a defective article, many consumers are down and blue and disappointed. In order not to make a defective article, workers in Japanese manufacturing companies make a great effort not to make careless mistakes. In Japanese manufacturing factories and in offices, extremely high quality work is demanded for workers. In most cases, jobs with no mistakes are demanded for Japanese workers. Average Japanese are skillful with their hands and surely handle the complicated work without a mistake. In fact, I did hard experiences in this respect. Among skillful people, only I made many careless mistakes in the workplace. I and co-workers felt embarrassed, the and hot situation was beyond description. Only the person who had an experience by himself can understand this bitterness.
Most medical doctors have high scores in examinations in schools and usually make extremely little careless mistakes. Persons who majored in mathematics or majored in physics in a university gains excellent scores in examinations in schools in many cases. At this point persons who majored in mathematics or physics resemble medical doctors. The person who majored in mathematics or majored in physics graduate from schools and find a job. In Japan, sometimes they must obtain wages by performing simple labor in factories in the case of economical depression. In such a case, the frequency that persons who majored in mathematics or majored in physics make careless mistakes rather often than normal. Why is it? With this book, The author makes consideration on the reason.
There is a psychological field called "cognitive psychology". the cognitive psychology enters the mainstream of the psychology after 1980. In the field of cognitive psychology, "the process that a human being recognizes things and/or objects" is studied based on a point of view called "information processing". With this book, I give a theoretical foundation of Japanese style defect-free production skill; I explain the cause that careless mistakes are made. The explanation is based on cognitive psychology at a point of view called "the information processing performed by human brain". In addition, this book introduces methods to prevent careless mistakes. The methods can be practiced by anyone by using special tools.
Most medical doctors have high scores in examinations in schools and usually make extremely little careless mistakes. Persons who majored in mathematics or majored in physics in a university gains excellent scores in examinations in schools in many cases. At this point persons who majored in mathematics or physics resemble medical doctors. The person who majored in mathematics or majored in physics graduate from schools and find a job. In Japan, sometimes they must obtain wages by performing simple labor in factories in the case of economical depression. In such a case, the frequency that persons who majored in mathematics or majored in physics make careless mistakes rather often than normal. Why is it? With this book, The author makes consideration on the reason.
There is a psychological field called "cognitive psychology". the cognitive psychology enters the mainstream of the psychology after 1980. In the field of cognitive psychology, "the process that a human being recognizes things and/or objects" is studied based on a point of view called "information processing". With this book, I give a theoretical foundation of Japanese style defect-free production skill; I explain the cause that careless mistakes are made. The explanation is based on cognitive psychology at a point of view called "the information processing performed by human brain". In addition, this book introduces methods to prevent careless mistakes. The methods can be practiced by anyone by using special tools.
