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An example and a proposal concerning the correlation of worker processing times in parallel tasks / Kenneth L. Schultz in Management science, Vol. 56 N° 1 (Janvier 2010) 

Public ISBD [article]  in Management science > Vol. 56 N° 1 (Janvier 2010) . - pp. 176-191 Titre : An example and a proposal concerning the correlation of worker processing times in parallel tasks Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Kenneth L. Schultz, Auteur ; Tobias Schoenherr, Auteur ; David Nembhard, Auteur Année de publication : 2010 Article en page(s) : pp. 176-191 Note générale : Management Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Organizational  studies  Motivation  incentives  Inventory  production  Policies  Capacity  Line  design  Interdependence  Equity  theory Index. décimale : 658 Organisation des entreprises. Techniques du commerce Résumé : Models and understanding of line design depend on accurate assessments of the effects of design parameters on human actions. Although equity theory predicts that workers will react to the speed of people around them, experimental work has failed to find this effect in an industrial setting with parallel workstations or a change in coworkers. With the current research we contribute to the understanding of line design by using archival data from a manufacturing line. We show that workers do react to the speed of their coworkers, but that individual reactions vary widely. Because workers are different both in speed and reaction, managerial implications are not straightforward. We model an optimal and a heuristic rearrangement of workers and suggest a modified heuristic that performs well for increasing throughput. Our methodology combines empirical approaches, analytical modeling, and Monte Carlo simulation. DEWEY : 658 ISSN : 0025-1909 En ligne : http://mansci.journal.informs.org/content/56/1.toc [article] An example and a proposal concerning the correlation of worker processing times in parallel tasks [texte imprimé] / Kenneth L. Schultz, Auteur ; Tobias Schoenherr, Auteur ; David Nembhard, Auteur . - 2010 . - pp. 176-191. Management Langues : Anglais (eng) in Management science > Vol. 56 N° 1 (Janvier 2010) . - pp. 176-191 Mots-clés : Organizational  studies  Motivation  incentives  Inventory  production  Policies  Capacity  Line  design  Interdependence  Equity  theory Index. décimale : 658 Organisation des entreprises. Techniques du commerce Résumé : Models and understanding of line design depend on accurate assessments of the effects of design parameters on human actions. Although equity theory predicts that workers will react to the speed of people around them, experimental work has failed to find this effect in an industrial setting with parallel workstations or a change in coworkers. With the current research we contribute to the understanding of line design by using archival data from a manufacturing line. We show that workers do react to the speed of their coworkers, but that individual reactions vary widely. Because workers are different both in speed and reaction, managerial implications are not straightforward. We model an optimal and a heuristic rearrangement of workers and suggest a modified heuristic that performs well for increasing throughput. Our methodology combines empirical approaches, analytical modeling, and Monte Carlo simulation. DEWEY : 658 ISSN : 0025-1909 En ligne : http://mansci.journal.informs.org/content/56/1.toc

The cultural characteristic of individualism/collectivism / Damien Power in Journal of operations management, Vol. 28 N° 3 (Mai 2010) 

Public ISBD [article]  in Journal of operations management > Vol. 28 N° 3 (Mai 2010) . - pp. 206–222 Titre : The cultural characteristic of individualism/collectivism : A comparative study of implications for investment in operations between emerging Asian and industrialized Western countries Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Damien Power, Auteur ; Tobias Schoenherr, Auteur ; Danny Samson, Auteur Année de publication : 2011 Article en page(s) : pp. 206–222 Note générale : Génie Industriel Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Individualism/collectivism  Theory  of  performance  frontiers  Resource-based  view  of  the  firm  Culture  Asia Résumé : This study provides insight into the importance of national culture, investment in operations, and performance in the context of emerging Asian economies with a collectivist orientation, which are compared to industrialized Western nations with an individualist orientation. Hypotheses are developed and tested based on the cultural concept of individualism/collectivism, the theory of performance frontiers, and the extent of economic development. More specifically, data collected from 639 manufacturing plants in nine countries are used to first assess the influence of the cultural trait of individualism/collectivism on the extent of investment in structural assets (specifically: physical and capital-based) and infrastructural assets (specifically: team-based methods and improvement programs). Second, the influence of the extent of economic development on these investment factors is measured. Third, evidence is provided supportive of the theory of performance frontiers, and the nature of resource investments in the context of the cultural construct of individualism/collectivism. And fourth, support is provided for the efficacy of this theory, as well as for its compatibility and association with the resource-based view of the firm. Overall, this study makes important contributions to both theory and practice, and provides evidence for the role played by the cultural characteristic of individualism/collectivism in determining plant level investment outcomes in emerging Asian economies. DEWEY : 658.57 ISSN : 0272-6963 En ligne : http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0272696309000813 [article] The cultural characteristic of individualism/collectivism : A comparative study of implications for investment in operations between emerging Asian and industrialized Western countries [texte imprimé] / Damien Power, Auteur ; Tobias Schoenherr, Auteur ; Danny Samson, Auteur . - 2011 . - pp. 206–222. Génie Industriel Langues : Anglais (eng) in Journal of operations management > Vol. 28 N° 3 (Mai 2010) . - pp. 206–222 Mots-clés : Individualism/collectivism  Theory  of  performance  frontiers  Resource-based  view  of  the  firm  Culture  Asia Résumé : This study provides insight into the importance of national culture, investment in operations, and performance in the context of emerging Asian economies with a collectivist orientation, which are compared to industrialized Western nations with an individualist orientation. Hypotheses are developed and tested based on the cultural concept of individualism/collectivism, the theory of performance frontiers, and the extent of economic development. More specifically, data collected from 639 manufacturing plants in nine countries are used to first assess the influence of the cultural trait of individualism/collectivism on the extent of investment in structural assets (specifically: physical and capital-based) and infrastructural assets (specifically: team-based methods and improvement programs). Second, the influence of the extent of economic development on these investment factors is measured. Third, evidence is provided supportive of the theory of performance frontiers, and the nature of resource investments in the context of the cultural construct of individualism/collectivism. And fourth, support is provided for the efficacy of this theory, as well as for its compatibility and association with the resource-based view of the firm. Overall, this study makes important contributions to both theory and practice, and provides evidence for the role played by the cultural characteristic of individualism/collectivism in determining plant level investment outcomes in emerging Asian economies. DEWEY : 658.57 ISSN : 0272-6963 En ligne : http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0272696309000813