Characteristics of a work organization from a lean perspective

EMJ - Engineering Management Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 14-20

  Mehta, Vidhi ^a   Shah, Harshit ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Change management; Lean production

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; EVALUATION; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; JOB SATISFACTION; PERSONNEL; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; PRODUCTIVITY; QUALITY CONTROL;

CHANGE MANAGEMENT; LEAN PRODUCTION; SOCIOTECHNICAL DESIGN; WORK ORGANIZATION; WORK SYSTEM DESIGN;

PRODUCTION CONTROL;

EID: 22244459868     PISSN: 10429247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10429247.2005.11415282     Document Type: Article

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