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Are creative ability and work standardization in contradictory relationship?

Kondo, Yoshio - In: Training for Quality 4 (1996) 3, pp. 35-39

Argues that a full display of creativity is indispensable, not only for developing new products and technology, but also for managing any business for future development, if it is to result in market growth and profitability. Work standardization, on the other hand, is stressed in the ISO 9000...

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Production and people values: their impact on relationships and leader effectiveness in China

Liu, Chun‐hong; Yu, Zi‐you; Tjosvold, Dean - In: Leadership & Organization Development Journal 23 (2002) 3, pp. 134-144

Productivity and people maintenance values have traditionally been considered to contribute to leader effectiveness but …, China, 103 managers indicated their productivity and people values and 206 employees indicated their goal interdependence …, leader effectiveness, and their commitment. Structural equation analysis suggested that productivity and people maintenance …

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Working Together: Organizational Transactional Analysis and Business Performance

Mann, Sandi - In: Leadership & Organization Development Journal 33 (2012) 4, pp. 423-424

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Performance Improvement Intervention: Privatized and Public Sector Organizations

Chaston, Ian - In: Leadership & Organization Development Journal 14 (1993) 1, pp. 4-8

training as an intervention mechanism to increase employee productivity. A survey of south‐west organizations confirmed this … employers to determine whether restructuring of managerial roles or training has the potential to increase productivity. …

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Critical success factors in developing ProMES: will the end result be an “accepted control loop”?

van Tuijl, Harrie - In: Leadership & Organization Development Journal 18 (1997) 7, pp. 346-354

States that ProMES (Productivity Measurement and Enhancement System) can be interpreted as a method for the development …

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Beyond technical competence: fear ‐ banish the beast

Scarnati, James T. - In: Leadership & Organization Development Journal 19 (1998) 7, pp. 362-365

power and control model of management. Establishes a solid foundation for long‐term success, increased productivity, and …

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Winning the Productivity Battle: Roles and Responsibilities for HRD Practitioners

Sears, Woodrow - In: Leadership & Organization Development Journal 7 (1986) 1, pp. 17-20

The cost of money has changed the organisational world in very fundamental ways. Management practice too often fails to reflect those changes. Until managers begin to understand the magnitude of these changes America will continue to be marginally productive in the face of economic competitors....

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Productivity Improvement through Quality Control Circles: A Comparative Approach

Vaziri, M.T. - In: Leadership & Organization Development Journal 8 (1987) 5, pp. 17-19

Japan's adoption (and adaption) of QC circles 10 years earlier than most of the rest of the world, and the role this has played in Japan's advancement as an industrialised nation, is examined. The growth of circles in Japan is charted, and a consideration is given of the implementation of QC...

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Informal Groups, Leadership and Productivity

Hussein, Raef T. - In: Leadership & Organization Development Journal 10 (1989) 1, pp. 9-16

It is argued that no one can ignore the existence of informal groups within formal organisations. They perform necessary functions and satisfy human needs. The role of the leader to achieve co‐operation between the formal and informal organisations, thereby encouraging group goals and company...

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Lean working generates risk of egg-shell organizations

In: Leadership & Organization Development Journal 20 (1999) 1

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