A critical assessment of the modern sociotechnical approach within production and operations management

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1755-1767

  Van Der Zwaan, A H ^a   De Vries, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; PRODUCTION CONTROL; REDUNDANCY; REENGINEERING;

OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT;

PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

EID: 0034690549     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/002075400188573     Document Type: Article

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