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| Tekijä: | Patterson, M. G. West, M. A. Wall, T. D. |
| Otsikko: | Integrated manufacturing, empowerment, and company performance |
| Lehti: | Journal of Organizational Behavior
2004 : AUG, VOL. 25:5, p. 641-665 |
| Asiasana: | Manufacturing Empowerment Company performance |
| Kieli: | eng |
| Tiivistelmä: | To increase competitiveness manufacturing enterprises have adopted practices such as advanced manufacturing technology, total quality management, just-in-time inventory control, job enrichment, and skills enhancement. The practices are divided into two classes: the first three belong to integrated manufacturing (IM) and the other two to the notion of empowerment (hereafter as: emp.). Using a study of 80 manufacturing companies this article examines three assumptions made in literature: firstly, IM will affect emp.. Secondly, company performance will be enhanced by IM and emp., and thirdly, there is synergy between constituent practices of IM and emp. |
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