Planning or organizing: The implications of theories of activity for management of operations

Omega

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 367-384

  Johnston, R B ^a   Brennan, M ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Computer aided production management; Lean production; Management theory; Operations management; Planning and control; Theories of activity

Indexed keywords

PLANNING;

JOB ENGINEERING;

PRODUCTION CONTROL;

EID: 0030201221     PISSN: 03050483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0305-0483(96)00016-3     Document Type: Article

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