Implementing manufacturing innovations: critical choices of structure and staffing roles

Article Abstract:

Manufacturing process innovations involve issues in information processing and organizational learning. Technological innovations such as computer-aided design and manufacturing, flexible manufacturing systems, and programmable robots make possible the achievement of multiple goals. A case study is described which involves an aerospace firm that manufactures military aircraft. Innovations at this firm include a parts-planning process system (Compu-Plan), and a project team for developing, implementing, and computerizing parts changes. Using the data from Compu-Plan, an integrated model of innovation is developed. Process innovations can be supported through the political and structural context in which they occur and through staffing with the appropriate people.

Usage, Innovations, Human resource management, Human resource planning, Manufacturing processes, Manufacturing, Factories, Aerospace industry, Technological innovations, Aircraft industry, Organizational behavior, Human capital

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Globalization: the intellectual and managerial challenges

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Globalization presents challenges from both an intellectual and a managerial standpoint. Managers and researchers should collaborate in dealing with these challenges. Managers of diversified multinational corporations must deal with several issues in the 1990s, including new patterns of trade, competition, and the intellectual transformation of major industries. The issues that researchers should address include participation in non-traditional markets, the management of the intellectual transformation of industries, and the valuation of intellectual property.

International aspects, International business enterprises, Multinational corporations, International trade, Management research

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