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Manufacturing Change: Introducing Cellular Production in Two British Factories

Hassard, John S.; Procter, Stephen J. - In: Personnel Review 20 (1991) 4, pp. 15-24

The introduction of cellular manufacture in two factories is examined. In the first factory, the economic difficulties driving the changes were anticipated rather than being felt. Its most pressing problem was how to divide its products into the “families” ecessary for cellular production....

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Information Technology: Personnel Management’s Lost Opportunity?

Legge, Karen - In: Personnel Review 18 (1989) 5, pp. 2-61

The monograph analyses (a) the potential impact of information technology (IT) on organisational issues that directly concern the personnel function; (b) the nature of personnel’s involvement in the decision making and activities surrounding the choice and implementation of advanced...

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Managing People and Organisations in Africa

Kamoche, Ken - 2015

Management and organisation literature often characterises managing in Africa as 'the challenge of' and rarely do scholars look to the continent for novel ideas, inspiration, best practice, or theoretical insights. Yet, in the last five years or so, the African organisational landscape has...

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The diffusion of human‐resource information‐technology innovations in US and non‐US firms

Florkowski, Gary W.; Olivas‐Luján, Miguel R. - In: Personnel Review 35 (2006) 6, pp. 684-710

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the diffusion patterns of eight information technologies that are transforming HR service‐delivery in North America and Europe: HR functional applications, integrated HR suites, IVR systems, HR intranets, employee and manager self‐service...

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Enhancing Chinese SME performance through innovative HR practices

Zheng, Connie; O'Neill, Grant; Morrison, Mark - In: Personnel Review 38 (2009) 2, pp. 175-194

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to show how understanding of human resource (HR) management practices which have been adopted in the emerging markets such as that in China is particularly interesting to academia and management practitioners. The purpose of this study is to shed some...

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Framing the implementation of HRM innovation

Bondarouk, Tanya; Kees Looise, Jan; Lempsink, Bart - In: Personnel Review 38 (2009) 5, pp. 472-491

frame domains, and to explore their role in implementing HRM innovation. HRM innovation implementation is considered through … of HRM innovation by targeted employees. Design/methodology/approach – An explorative case study in a construction … interview transcripts. Findings – Four HRM frame domains are identified: strategic motivation, essence of HRM innovation, HRM …

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Creating a Learning Organisation

Easterby‐Smith, Mark - In: Personnel Review 19 (1990) 5, pp. 24-28

This article, arguing that a key feature in the success of Japanese companies is their ability to learn rapidly from their experiences, reviews some of the more important contributions to the theory of organisational learning. Additionally the author considers, from a practical point of view,...

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R&D – Personnel Management by Incentive Management: Results of an Empirical Survey in Research & Development

Mühlemeyer, Peter - In: Personnel Review 21 (1992) 4, pp. 27-36

instruments for internal innovation management. Uses the knowledge of experience of individuals taking an active part in … innovation for the formulation of such proposals. The necessity for the implementation of integrated incentive systems, which …

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Too little, too much

van den Beukel, Annick L.; Molleman, Eric - In: Personnel Review 31 (2002) 4, pp. 482-494

Not only is multifunctionality regarded as an indispensable design feature of team‐based work, being multifunctional is allegedly beneficial for employees, and it is presumed to increase job satisfaction and commitment. In this article we argue that multifunctionality also has its downsides...

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Empowered self‐management and the design of work teams

Cooney, Richard - In: Personnel Review 33 (2004) 6, pp. 677-692

This paper explores the theoretical implications of empowered self‐management as a teamwork design concept. It explores the multiple definitions of empowerment and self‐management that have been used in the design of work teams and it attempts to locate empowered self‐management within the...

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