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Flexible manufacturing systems in Britain and the USA
Author(s) -
Jones Bryn,
Scott Peter
Publication year - 1987
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/j.1468-005x.1987.tb00071.x
Subject(s) - de facto , work (physics) , resolution (logic) , computer science , political science , engineering , artificial intelligence , law , mechanical engineering
Comparing a British with an American Flexible Manufacturing System highlights both differences in de facto and formal work organisation and the separate influence of overall management policies. Contrary to prevailing theories it is the practical resolution of these policies that either stifles or permits polyvalent, ‘autonomous’work‐groups.