Human resource management strategies and practices in Just-In-Time environments: Australian case study evidence

Technovation

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 373-387

  Power, Damien ^a   Sohal, Amrik S ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

JUST IN TIME PRODUCTION; PERSONNEL TRAINING; PROCESS ENGINEERING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT; HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

EID: 0033729130     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4972(99)00151-0     Document Type: Article

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