Fitting Teams to the Task: Product Development Vs. Operations Improvement at Saturn and Nummi
In the automotive industry, Saturn and NUMMI are often touted as exemplars of successful implementation of manufacturing employee involvement. Building on data and extended on-site interviews, this paper explores the differences between the approaches taken at each plant and the relationship bet...
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| author | Fine, Charles H. Novak, Sharon (Economist) |
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| description | In the automotive industry, Saturn and NUMMI are often touted as
exemplars of successful implementation of manufacturing employee
involvement. Building on data and extended on-site interviews, this paper
explores the differences between the approaches taken at each plant and the
relationship between worker involvement and plant performance. Based on this
comparison, we offer a model to assess the fit between employee involvement
activity emphasis (product development vs. operations improvement) and
timescale of the involvement process. |
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| institution | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/16112019-04-11T09:55:43Z Fitting Teams to the Task: Product Development Vs. Operations Improvement at Saturn and Nummi Fine, Charles H. Novak, Sharon (Economist) Nummi operations development product development Saturn In the automotive industry, Saturn and NUMMI are often touted as exemplars of successful implementation of manufacturing employee involvement. Building on data and extended on-site interviews, this paper explores the differences between the approaches taken at each plant and the relationship between worker involvement and plant performance. Based on this comparison, we offer a model to assess the fit between employee involvement activity emphasis (product development vs. operations improvement) and timescale of the involvement process. MIT's International Motor Vehicle Program and Project Delta at the Sloan School of Management. 2002-09-03T20:16:00Z 2002-09-03T20:16:00Z 2002-09-03T20:16:01Z http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/1611 en_US 45422 bytes application/pdf application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | Nummi operations development product development Saturn Fine, Charles H. Novak, Sharon (Economist) Fitting Teams to the Task: Product Development Vs. Operations Improvement at Saturn and Nummi |
| title | Fitting Teams to the Task: Product Development Vs. Operations Improvement at Saturn and Nummi |
| title_full | Fitting Teams to the Task: Product Development Vs. Operations Improvement at Saturn and Nummi |
| title_fullStr | Fitting Teams to the Task: Product Development Vs. Operations Improvement at Saturn and Nummi |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fitting Teams to the Task: Product Development Vs. Operations Improvement at Saturn and Nummi |
| title_short | Fitting Teams to the Task: Product Development Vs. Operations Improvement at Saturn and Nummi |
| title_sort | fitting teams to the task product development vs operations improvement at saturn and nummi |
| topic | Nummi operations development product development Saturn |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/1611 |
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