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The strategic choice of operator skills in CNC installations
Author(s) -
Pagell Mark,
Barber Alison E.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
new technology, work and employment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.889
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1468-005X
pISSN - 0268-1072
DOI - 10.1111/1468-005x.00065
Subject(s) - discretion , operator (biology) , test (biology) , workforce , business , process management , operations management , engineering , economics , political science , paleontology , biochemistry , chemistry , repressor , biology , transcription factor , gene , economic growth , law
The authors test a strategic choice model to further define the factors managers respond to when making skill level decisions for plants using CNC equipment. The results indicate that managers respond to the level of uncertainty in both the internal and external environments as well as the level of perceived discretion management has in regards to the workforce.