Lawrence D. Fredendall & Matthias Thurer 
Introduction to Lean Work Design [EPUB ebook] 
Standard Practices and Tools of Lean, Volume II

This book provides a short, concise overview of lean work design, which sees lean systems as the result of a systematic implementation of appropriate work processes. It discusses lean tools, but views tools only as a means of achieving a desirable work design and does not see the use of lean tools as a goal in themselves.