... of information and resources in response to a direct request, which usually happens through verbal communication (Entin and Serfaty, 1999 ; Butchibabu et al., 2016). The literature on operations management highlights the high impact that teamwork has on team performance and especially...

... and operations. The widespread adoption of teamworking is part of this patterning and is argued to reflect a new institutional form of manufacturing organisation. In investigating teamworking, the paper uses the concept of organisational archetypes to investigate whether or not teamworking takes a single...

...Nicolas Bacon; Paul Blyton This article explores the industrial relations factors associated with the adoption of teamworking and allied new working practices. A survey of trade union representatives in the UK steel industry reveals evidence that managers are less likely to introduce teamworking...

... and constant source for improvement is found in the clients and suppliers of the work groups. © MCB UP Limited 1999 Continuous improvement Teamwork Organizational design Case studies Kaizen It was Suzaki (1993) who coined the term “mini‐company” for work groups who are responsible...

... to decide on the performance measures which drive and direct their own continuous improvement activities. Employee involvement Kaizen Manufacturing industry Organizational behaviour Performance measurement Teamwork As the drive to become world‐class has progressed and intensified there has...

...Paul Thompson; Terry Wallace There has long been a debate concerning whether the technical division of labour should be structured around the individual or the group. With the developing of lean production and other forms of work organization under advanced manufacturing, teamworking has emerged...

... is by no means an automatic process. Presents a heuristic model to guide these processes. © MCB UP Limited 1996 Development Lean production Sociotechnical theory Teamwork In The Machine that Changed the World[ 1 ], the best‐selling management book which made the concept of lean...

... Teamwork With the accelerating dynamics of competition the key to competitiveness no longer lies in employing strategies which have been successful in the past or in emulating strategies of successful competitors. Real competitive advantage results from developing strategies which...

.... Suggests that reductions in employee autonomy, increased production pressure and employee stress are not universal concomitants of JIT manufacturing. Job design Just‐in‐time Organizational change Teamwork Work design It is widely suggested that the adoption of just‐in‐time (JIT) leads...

... 1995 Advanced manufacturing technologies Design for manufacture Manufacturing industry New product development New technology Teamwork Time‐to‐market USA In part 1 of this article (Volume 14 Number 12) the design for manufacturability (DFM) literature was reviewed from different...

... most of their knowledge through comprehensive training programmes, learning by doing, and task rotation. © MCB UP Limited 1994 Manufacturing Motor industry Organizational performance Original equipment manufacturers Simultaneous engineering Subcontracting Supplier relations Teamwork...