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Team-Based Production
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Team-Based Production
An outline of the the principles of team-based production focusing on patterns of communication in a team-based system. It also describes management and labor pros and cons.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages) |
9 sources |
1992
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"Team-based production is a model of labor relations and production imported from Japan and applied to various American manufacturing businesses, notably with interest from the automobile industry. This approach promises to improve productivity and quality and to reduce the involvement of unions on the shop floor. The concept is seen clearly in the Japanese-owned automobile plants in the United States, and some version of the team concept is now in use in at least half of General Motors' assembly plants, six Chrysler plants, and two Ford plants. Each of the Big Three automobile manufacturers is also involved in a joint venture with or part ownership of a Japanese auto company which uses the team concept in its most advanced form (Slaughter, 1990: p. 9).The team concept involves certain patterns of communication..."
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"Team-Based Production" 15 January 2012. Web. 12 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Essay-Team-Based-Production/19204>
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