The Challenge: Strategies for Overcoming Obstacles to Change

1995 ◽  
Vol 39 (12) ◽  
pp. 771-774 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ogden Brown
Keyword(s):  
Mass Production ◽  
Organizational Transformation ◽  
Production Model ◽  
Work Systems ◽  
High Involvement ◽  
Effective Work ◽  
Implementing Change ◽  
New Vision

A broad constituency for change in the workplace has emerged which clearly argues for implementation of diverse strategies to create change. A new vision of what constitutes effective work systems dominates management thought: the ‘transformed’ or high involvement organization. Despite reported gains in performance and the growth of innovative practices, the majority of American firms still operate on the mass production model. Why? Clear and identifiable obstacles to implementing change impede or block organizational transformation. These obstacles and strategies to overcome them are discussed.

Participatory Approaches to Work Systems and Organizational Design

2000 ◽  
Vol 44 (12) ◽  
pp. 2-535-2-538 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ogden Brown
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Organizational Change ◽  
Organizational Design ◽  
Early Research ◽  
Participative Management ◽  
Human Relations ◽  
Participatory Approaches ◽  
Work Systems ◽  
High Involvement ◽  
Participatory Practices

Participatory approaches to work systems and organizational design are identified and examined. Each approach advocates worker involvement and organizational change. The development of participation in the workplace is discussed, and the evolution of participatory practices in work systems and organizational design is presented, from early research on decision making, through the participative management and human relations movements, to the organization-wide high involvement ergonomics of today. Issues arising from the implementation of high involvement ergonomics are also identified.

Mass Customization Based on Energy-Saving Concept - In the New Economic Era as the Background

2012 ◽  
Vol 472-475 ◽  
pp. 3282-3285
Author(s):  
Tian Ming Xiao
Keyword(s):  
Energy Saving ◽  
Mass Customization ◽  
Mass Production ◽  
Implementation Process ◽  
Production Model ◽  
Production Mode ◽  
Traditional Production

In the new economic era as the background, explore the energy-saving advantages of the production mode of Mass Customization than the traditional production model of Mass Production.And show the implementation process of mass customization production model by an example. In the end,it is pointed that Mass Customization production model has unmatched energy-saving advantages than the traditional Mass Production production mode and should become the dominant production mode in new economic era.

scholarly journals The Role of Leadership and Motivation of School Headmaster in Improving Teacher Performance

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 182-190
Author(s):  
Ahmad Sukandar
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Work Motivation ◽  
Teacher Performance ◽  
Leadership Role ◽  
Educational Goals ◽  
Work Systems ◽  
Effective Work ◽  
School Headmaster

This article discusses about role of leadership and motivation of school headmaster in improving teacher performance. By using literature review in education, this article found that teacher is a professional profession where he is required to make every effort to carry out his activities as best he can. The task of the teacher as an educator, teacher and trainer should be able to impact the students. The teacher as one component in teaching and learning activities, has a position that greatly determines the success of learning. The role of the school headmaster is very important and dominant in improving teacher performance, both in increasing competence and work motivation and in building effective work systems and creating a harmonious, safe and pleasant working atmosphere. The efforts of improving the quality of teachers must be continuously carried out by school headmaster in order to improve the performance of teachers into reliable individuals who will advance the school organization. Therefore, we need the ability of the leadership role and motivation of the principal to explore, disseminate, foster and develop the potential of the teacher in order to improve teacher performance in order to achieve educational goals

High involvement work systems, happiness at work (HAW) and absorptive capacity: a bathtub study

2020 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 949-970 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrés Salas-Vallina ◽  
Manoli Pozo-Hidalgo ◽  
Pedro-Gil Monte
Keyword(s):  
Absorptive Capacity ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Organizational Outcomes ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Work Systems ◽  
High Involvement ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

PurposeThe purpose of this research is to examine the impact of high-involvement work systems (HIWS) on absorptive capacity. In addition, the mediating effect of happiness at work in the relationship between high-involvement work practices and absorptive capacity is analyzed.Design/methodology/approachA 2-1-2 bathtub multilevel mediation model was used to analyze a sample of 783 employees from 111 bank branches, gathering data at three different times.FindingsThe results reveal that HIWS positively affect absorptive capacity. In addition, they show that happiness at work partially mediates the relationship between HIWS and absorptive capacity.Originality/valueHappiness at work is a fundamental element for knowledge absorption. The findings support the basic assumptions of the job demands-resources model, and demonstrate how HIWS, acting as a job resource, lead to positive attitudes (happiness at work) and, in turn, to positive outcomes (absorptive capacity). The proposed HIWS, based on the assumptions of the mutual gains model, reveal a positive employment relationship with effects on both HAW and organizational outcomes. If organizations expose their employees to management practices that have specific benefits for their HAW, employees are more likely to perform their jobs in ways that will promote their absorptive capacity.

Piston Aeroengines

2021 ◽  
pp. 315-338
Author(s):  
Karl Kollmann ◽  
Calum E. Douglas ◽  
S. Can Gülen
Keyword(s):  
Mass Production ◽  
Production Model ◽  
Military Aircraft ◽  
Lower Case ◽  
Selection Of

There were a number of aircraft and engine manufacturers active in Germany in 1930s and 1940s. Some were quite well known, e.g., Messerschmitt (former Bayerische Flugzeugwerke), Focke-Wulf, Junkers, Dornier, etc. Some others were rather obscure, e.g., Hamburger Flugzeugbau, Klemmflugzeugbau, etc. The Reichsluftfahrtministerium (RLM) had a rather convoluted designation system (they thought that it was an improvement over the older one, of course) to provide a (supposedly) simple and unambiguous identification of every German civilian and military aircraft and its corresponding airframe design. Manufacturers were represented by two letters: the first letter in upper case, the second usually in lower case. A selection of the most famous ones is listed in Table 12-1. It should be noted that a mass-production model by a certain manufacturer, say, Messerschmitt Bf 109, were manufactured in the factories of other manufacturers (e.g., Fieseler or Gotha) under license. This system was under the control of the RLM (later in the war, starting in early 1944, under the supervision of the Armament Ministry – see below).

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