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Organizational Innovation in the Apparel Industry
Author(s) -
BAILEY THOMAS
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
industrial relations: a journal of economy and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.61
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1468-232X
pISSN - 0019-8676
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-232x.1993.tb01017.x
Subject(s) - clothing , teamwork , business , production (economics) , work (physics) , process (computing) , human resources , clothing industry , textile industry , human resource management , industrial organization , marketing , knowledge management , management , engineering , economics , computer science , mechanical engineering , political science , law , macroeconomics , operating system
The traditional mass production process in apparel manufacturing is contrasted with innovative techniques based on teamwork and greater employee participation. Although economic forces have encouraged the spread of innovative work organization, so far, these techniques have been implemented only within traditional human resource strategies that maintain sharp distinctions between production workers, on the one hand, and managers, supervisors, and engineers, on the other.