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Lean Manufacturing - An Integrated Socio-Technical Systems Approach To Work Design, Mohammed Raja
Lean Manufacturing - An Integrated Socio-Technical Systems Approach To Work Design, Mohammed Raja
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Over the years, the manufacturing industry has witnessed a number of work design practices, based on different principles, which have significantly shaped the nature of work and have affected employees' behavior and performance. This study compares the socio-technical systems (STS) principles and lean production (LP) principles in to explore the potential for synergistic integration between the two. They are categorized according to the common overarching goals of these principles, and through a process of theoretical rationalization, these categories are operationalized into the work design practices of middle management support, social practices usage, and technical practices usage.
A model of work …