Design or development?: Beyond the LP-STS debate; inputs from a Volvo truck case
| Autor: | M.C. de Witte, A.H. van der Zwaan, Ben Kuipers |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
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Truck
Engineering NEO-TAYLORISM TEAMS Strategy and Management media_common.quotation_subject lean production Automotive industry General Decision Sciences Context (language use) Lean manufacturing case studies Management of Technology and Innovation Production (economics) Operations management media_common performance levels Structure (mathematical logic) Sweden Teamwork business.industry team working automotive industry Quality of working life Engineering management business |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Operations & Production Management, 24(8), 840-854. Emerald Group Publishing Limited |
| ISSN: | 0144-3577 |
| Popis: | In this paper, we will show that the debate between advocates of Lean production and the socio-technical approach has concentrated too much on the design aspect of the production structure, while neglecting the development aspect of teamwork. This paper addresses the question whether it is production design or team development that explains business performance and the quality of working life. The data are taken from four departments of the Volvo truck plant in Umea (Sweden) that is redesigning from socio-technical based assembly to line-assembly. We conclude that good design of the production structure is necessary, but not sufficient for good performance; team development is just as important, although it requires a favorable context. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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