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Supply chain integration and product modularity
Lau, Antonio K.W.; Yam, Richard C.M.; Tang, Esther P.Y. - In: International Journal of Operations & Production Management 30 (2010) 1, pp. 20-56
Purpose – While the beneficial impact of supply chain integration (SCI) and modular product design are generally acknowledged, few empirical studies have examined how an organization can achieve better performance through SCI with modular product design. The purpose of this paper is to examine...
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Does location matter for a scheduling department?
De Snoo, C.; Van Wezel, W.; Wortmann, J.C. - In: International Journal of Operations & Production Management 31 (2011) 12, pp. 1332-1358
demonstrates the need to carefully design, manage, and facilitate the interface and critical task interdependencies between …
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Dispatching Procedures for a Flexible Manufacturing Cell in Constant Production Circumstances
Arzi, Yohanan; Roll, Yaakov - In: International Journal of Operations & Production Management 13 (1993) 11, pp. 35-51
Reports development and simulation of real‐time dispatching procedures, for flexible manufacturing cells (FMCs) in constant production circumstances, where a fixed set of part types is processed continuously while maintaining constant ratios between quantities needed of each part type. Five...
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Changes in relevance criteria and problem stages in task performance
Vakkari, Pertti; Hakala, Nanna - In: Journal of Documentation 56 (2000) 5, pp. 540-562
during the task performance process. Relevance is understood as a task‐ and process‐oriented user construct. The assessment … course. Data for describing their understanding of the work task, search goals and tactics as well as relevance assessments …’s problem stage during task performance is related to his or her use of relevance criteria in assessing retrieved references and …
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Applying an expectancy-value model to study motivators for work-task based information seeking
Sigaard, Karen Tølbøl; Skov, Mette - In: Journal of Documentation 71 (2015) 4, pp. 709-732
subsequent interview to elicit data regarding their information source behaviour and task motivation. Findings – Motivation … of sources used and the preference for interpersonal and internal sources increased when the task had high …
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Constraints of task identity on organizational commitment
Lin, Shao‐Lung; Hsieh, An‐Tien - In: International Journal of Manpower 23 (2002) 2, pp. 151-165
This study examines how task identity, organizational commitment and career stage are related. Data are provided by 269 …. Results indicate that although an employee’s age moderately influences the relationship between task identity and …‐shaped curvilinear relationship between task identity and organizational commitment. The authors discuss the implications for theory and …
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Self‐organizing groups: conditions and constraints in a sociotechnical perspective
van der Zwaan, Ad H.; Molleman, Eric - In: International Journal of Manpower 19 (1998) 5, pp. 301-318
An increased level of self‐organization, particularly in autonomous work teams, is widely believed to be a necessary part of a successful firm and a factor in many modern restructuring initiatives. This article investigates the limitations of self‐organized groups and surveys these...
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A construct‐oriented analysis of individual‐level polychronicity
Conte, Jeffrey M.; Rizzuto, Tracey E.; Steiner, Dirk D. - In: Journal of Managerial Psychology 14 (1999) 3/4, pp. 269-288
This paper provided construct validity evidence for polychronicity in two related studies. Study 1 assessed the relationship between individuals’ stated polychronicity preferences and peer ratings of polychronicity in a multitrait‐multimethod design, which indicated that different raters...
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Towards the Conceptual Differentiation of Organisation Development
Lundberg, Craig C. - In: Journal of Organizational Change Management 4 (1991) 4, pp. 6-15
OD conceptualisation has been criticised as being both underdeveloped and too unduly narrow in its focus. Several ways that OD′s conceptualisation might be enhanced are suggested: on the one hand by differentiating its models and theories in terms of their conceptual level or scope, and on the...
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Revisiting knowledge sharing from the organizational change perspective
Park, Sunyoung; Kim, Eun-Jee - In: European Journal of Training and Development 39 (2015) 9, pp. 769-797
Purpose – The purpose of this study is to identify how knowledge sharing literature has discussed task, structure … reviewed and analyzed. Findings – The total number of articles covering task, structure, technology and people in knowledge …
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