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| Author: | Adler, P. S. |
| Title: | Time-and-motion regained |
| Journal: | Harvard Business Review
1993 : JAN-FEB, VOL. 71, p. 97-108 |
| Index terms: | WORKERS STANDARDS QUALITY OF WORKING LIFE |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | With workers defining their own job standards, quality and productivity at the Fremont plant went from works to best. This article is based on a two-year study of the New United Motor Manufacturing Inc. plant (NUMMI) in Fremont, California, which has succeeded in employing an innovative form of Taylor's time-and-motion regimentation on the factory floor not only to create world-class productivity and quality but also to increase worker motivation and satisfaction. NUMMI's intensely Taylorist procedures encourage rather than discourage organizational learning and, therefore, continuous improvement. |
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