An organizational culture and the empowerment for change in SMEs in the Hong Kong manufacturing industry

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 139, Issue 1-3 SPEC, 2003, Pages 505-509

  Chu, K F ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Change management in SMEs; Elements of an organizational change culture; Employee empowerment; Organizational culture; SMEs; The "software" and "hardware" of a change process

Indexed keywords

COSTS; MANUFACTURE; PRODUCTION;

MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0037773083     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-0136(03)00527-2     Document Type: Article

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