Publication Date:
2006-02-14
Description:
An analysis is presented of the process of implementing advanced manufacturing technology, based on studies of numerous organizations. This process is seen as consisting of a series of decisions with technical, economic, and political objectives. Frequency decisions involve specifications, equipment, resources/organization, and location. Problems in implementation are viewed as resulting from tradeoffs among the objectives, the tendency of decision makers to emphasize some objectives at the expense of others, and the propensity of problems to spread from one area to another. Three sets of recommendations, based on this analysis, are presented.
Keywords:
ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
Type:
NASA. Johnson (Lyndon B.) Space Center R and D Productivity: New Challenges for the US Space Program; p 165-175
Format:
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