Human Resource Practices for Implementing Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Human Resource Practices for Implementing Advanced Manufacturing Technology

  • Publisher: National Academies Press
  • ISBN: 9780309078139
  • eISBN Pdf: 9780309580946
  • Place of publication:  United States
  • Year of digital publication: 1986
  • Month: January
  • Pages: 82
  • Language: English
  • Human Resource Practices for Implementing Advanced Manufacturing Technology
  • Copyright
  • Acknowledgments
  • COMMITTEE ON THE EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF ADVANCED MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY
    • ITI LIAISON
    • STAFF
  • MANUFACTURING STUDIES BOARD
  • Contents
  • Summary
  • 1 Introduction
    • ELEMENTS OF AMT
    • SITES VISITED
    • HUMAN RESOURCE PRACTICES
    • UNRESOLVED ISSUES
  • 2 Planning
    • EARLY CONSIDERATION OF EMPLOYMENT CONTINUITY
    • A CHAMPION FOR ORGANIZATIONAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
    • IMPLEMENTATION TEAMS
    • COMMUNICATION OF AMT IMPLEMENTATION PLANS
  • 3 Plant Culture
    • DECIDING TO CHANGE THE CULTURE
    • CHANGE MECHANISMS
      • Value Statements
      • Conveying Values Through Human Resource Practices
    • BENEFITS AND RISKS OF CHANGING A CULTURE
  • 4 Plant Organization
    • ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN
      • The Plant Manager
      • Senior Plant Management
      • Self-Contained Work Cells
      • Number of Organizational Levels
      • Matrix Management
      • First-Level Supervision
    • INFORMATION SYSTEMS
    • THE TRANSITIONAL ORGANIZATION
  • 5 Job Design
    • IMPLICATIONS OF AMT FOR JOB DESIGN CRITERIA
    • FEWER JOB CLASSIFICATIONS
    • BROADENED SCOPE OF WORK AND MULTIPLE SKILLS
    • WORK TEAMS
    • WORKER INVOLVEMENT
    • CAREER ADVANCEMENT
    • PRECONDITIONS AND PITFALLS
  • 6 Compensation and Appraisal
    • THE DEMANDS OF THE NEW JOBS
    • INTRINSIC REWARDS
    • COMPENSATION
    • LINKING PAY AND CONTRIBUTIONS
    • PERFORMANCE REVIEW PROCEDURES
    • ISSUES OF ADVANCEMENT
  • 7 Selection, Training, and Education
    • SELECTION
    • INCREASED NEED FOR TRAINING
    • CHANGING SCOPE OF TRAINING
      • Training of Production Workers
      • Broader Scope of Training
      • Joint Training of Production and Salaried Employees
      • Retaining the Training Investment
    • INDIVIDUAL INVESTMENTS IN TRAINING
    • EDUCATION AND TRAINING SYSTEMS
  • 8 Labor-Management Relations
    • QUALITY OF LABOR-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS
    • MODIFYING CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT
    • INTEGRITY OF THE BARGAINING UNIT
    • EMPLOYMENT SECURITY
  • 9 Epilogue

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