Title :
The interdependence of planning and participative management in the implementation of technology
Author :
Fischer, Bruce D.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Ind. Eng., Western Michigan Univ., Kalamazoo, MI, USA
Abstract :
A field study was made of fourteen new production process implementations to determine factors related to success in the introduction of new technology. Both success and failure cases were selected. A questionnaire was used to gather data from ninety-eight respondents. The results report indicate than an extremely high correlation exists between planning for the introduction of new production processes and successful implementation. Twenty factors are identified that are thought to explain why planning is critical to success. It was determined that there is a particularly strong relationship between planning and participative management
Keywords :
management; new production process implementations; participative management; planning; Engineering management; Industrial engineering; Personnel; Process planning; Production planning; Research and development; Resource management; Technology management; Technology planning; Timing;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering Management Conference, 1988. Engineering Leadership in the 90's., IEEE
Conference_Location :
Dayton, OH
DOI :
10.1109/IEMC.1988.34926
