 It has been compared to Peters and Waterman's idea of "Management By Wandering Around".This concept quickly became so universal that new managers instinctively knew that they had to "walk around" to achieve high effectiveness levels.Whilst these ideas, with their associated lists of how-tos, are probably good ideas they may miss the essential nature of Genchi Genbutsu which is less to "visit" and more to "know" by being there.