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Describes a field experiment conducted in a US automotive parts manufacturing plant to explore the impact of team goal setting, feedback and problem‐solving activities on product defect rates. Two manufacturing cells were randomly selected, with one cell serving as the treatment group and the...
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) programmes often include the use of problem‐solving teams. Teams can support problem solving by emphasizing accountability for …‐solving teams within a UK automotive component company, and examines the implications for human resource policy, in particular for …
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’s processes. This paper explores the elements involved in developing teams, enhancing facilitation skills and utilising creative … because it can help in the preparation and support of group meetings. In addition, the model can also help managers to develop …
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think more creatively. One method of achieving this is to encourage teams to utilise creative problem‐solving (CPS …
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Argues that most so‐called teams only need meet for genuinely corporate purposes such as forming a strategic picture or … it. Notes the increasing emergence of temporary teams and growing need for facilitator skills. Argues that traditional … alternative ways for teams to function and practical suggestions which are more in tune with our time.  …
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Successful teams and successful managers know that we should expect problems as well as success. They name the real …, paralysis, less and lower quality work and worse relationships. It suggests ways for individuals, managers and teams to break … issues and work with them for learning and positive change. However, some attempts at getting teams or individuals “unstuck …
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quality of problem-solving in teams that use the majority rule to aggregate heterogeneous knowledge of the team members …. Design/methodology/approach – The paper uses agent-based simulations to model iterative problem-solving by teams. The … iterative problem-solving process of teams using majority rule decisions. Interestingly, we find that more complex problems …
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think more creatively. One method of achieving this is to encourage teams to utilise creative problem‐solving (CPS …
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At one time or another, every successful executive has observed or been part of a group that was dedicated to solving an impossible problem or defeating an unbeatable foe. Such groups are usually vital, absorbing, full of debate and laughter ‐ and very hard work. They are almost never...
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