This is a great book.

This book is precise and informative, comprehensive and yet very easy to read. Without laboring over theory, it gets right to the heart of all types of electric motors and controls, covering all facets from classic to futuristic. The author fully understands the field and does not obscure the hard-to-understand areas; rather, the author illustrates the operation of each type of motor in a form that YOU WILL LEARN from, even to the point of following current flow through the motor windings so that you will see the causes of motor operation, and the genius of modern motor design.

Even if you think you know all there is to know about how electric motors work, this book will fill the gaps in your understanding.

Book under review has ten chapters : Introduction; Some highlights and implications of Japanese history; The first winning margin - Education; Recruitment in Japan; The second winning margin - Management; The third winning margin - training; The Japanese emphasis on technicians; Career development in Japan; Are the Japanese innovative?; Lessons for the West. The book under review offers the authors' point of view a balanced and realistic understanding of the key reasons for Japan's success. The book address to : Business people, industrialists, educationalists, training specialists, scientists, general reader interested in Japan and Japanese economic and technological success. Written in an accesible English language, the lessons for the West are spelled out clearly: education, management concerned with developing people's potential, and relevant workplace training are the `secrets' of Japanese success.