fundamental hypothesis of the socio‐economic approach to management (SEAM) and demonstrates how the model is a system‐ wide … approach to change management.  …

Attempts to explain the sources of the basic assumption of the socio‐economic approach to management (SEAM): the … existence of hidden costs and performance. These are due to the heterogeneity of situations and to the presence of multiple …

Organizations face formidable obstacles to the institutionalization of environmental management programmes … environmental management programmes. Argues that by overcoming these barriers, organizations can move along an environmental … performance curve, consisting of phases involving adjustment to regulatory and market realities; adaptation and anticipation of …

planned organizational change and, potentially, organizational performance. Only goals demonstrate a significant relationship …

Purpose Recent studies suggest that the implementation of Lean will only be successful when aligned with organizational … culture (OC). The purpose of this paper is to understand an Ideal Lean Culture (ILC) in the Brazilian context. Design … implementation of Lean programs in organizations operating in different industry segments in Brazil. Findings The results show that …

change talk among Australian employees of an American multinational manufacturing enterprise. Interviewees tended to feel … independence. Over time, what had been a simple and firm us and them division in intergroup relations between management and unions …

Recent innovations applied to the design and management of production in the United States have been termed “post … “post‐industrial” state of diminishing manufacturing output.  …

a common structure: they construct an ideal model in which performance and quality go hand‐in‐hand. Provides …