Self-managing teams in manufacturing companies: Implications for the engineering function

EMJ - Engineering Management Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 19-24

  De Leede, Jan ^a   Stoker, Janka I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN ENGINEERING; PROCESS ENGINEERING; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

ENGINEERING FUNCTIONS; SELF-MANAGING TEAMS;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0033184826     PISSN: 10429247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10429247.1999.11415036     Document Type: Article

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