Forming effective worker teams with multi-functional skill requirements

Computers and Industrial Engineering

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 593-608

  Fitzpatrick, Erin L ^a   Askin, Ronald G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellular manufacturing; Employee empowerment; Heuristics; Mathematical programming; Team performance

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; EMPOWERMENT OF PERSONNEL; HEURISTIC METHODS; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE; PERSONNEL; PERSONNEL TRAINING; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

EMPLOYEE EMPOWERMENT; HEURISTICS; LABOR SKILLS; TEAM PERFORMANCE;

CELLULAR MANUFACTURING;

EID: 14644417096     PISSN: 03608352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cie.2004.12.014     Document Type: Conference Paper

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