Coordination in fast-response organizations

Management Science

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1155-1169

  Faraj, Samer ^a   Xiao, Yan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Communities of practice; Coordination; Expertise coordination; High reliability organization; Practice; Teams

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE; COORDINATION; EXPERTISE COORDINATION; HIGH-RELIABILITY ORGANIZATION; PRACTICE; TEAMS;

DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

DATA PROCESSING;

EID: 33748304172     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1060.0526     Document Type: Article

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