Human Resource Practices for Implementing Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Éditeur: National Academies Press
ISBN: 9780309078139
eISBN Pdf: 9780309580946
Lieu de publication: United States
Année de publication électronique: 1986
Mois : Janvier
Pages: 82
Langue: Anglais

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