This paper compares the productivity of large and small Brazilian supermarkets from 1994 to 1998. The authors’ findings … productivity of larger supermarkets is much higher, but the production gap between smaller and larger chains is increasing.  …

leader. Offers prescriptions about how classically administered productivity improvement might be implemented in …

teamwork productivity during an IPD. As it has been observed during a number of automotive projects that the teamwork … productivity of a concurrent engineering organization is largely influenced by the design of such “concurrent teams” as well as by …

process, productivity, and creativity of pre‐existing work groups using SCT methods or Robert's Rules of Order (RRO), to test …, productivity, and creativity in SCT and RRO teams were compared using the System for Analyzing Verbal Interaction (SAVI), Group … Productivity Scale and Work Group Inventory. Findings – SCT teams, compared to groups using RRO, talked in ways more likely to …

labour productivity. Survey responses were classified into two groups: high‐TQM implementation and low‐TQM implementation …. Found that mean labour productivity measurements for high‐TQM companies were significantly higher than for low‐TQM companies … over the period 1993‐1998. Also, mean growth rates of labour productivity measurements for companies with high‐level TQM …

the influence that this journey has had on productivity, employee development, quality improvement and organisational … productivity, quality and a reduction in the cost of producing the product resulted in the mill winning a gold award from the … National Productivity Institute.  …