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Strategies for Learning Small-Group Activities in American, Japanese, and Swedish Industry.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cole, Robert E.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2021.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Figures and Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • Part One
  • Chapter One. Culture and the Emergence of Small-Group Activities
  • Chapter Two. What Is Small-Group Activity?
  • Chapter Three. Decision Making and Research Strategies
  • Chapter Four. The Motivation to Innovate
  • Chapter Five. Bandwagons versus Dominoes
  • Chapter Six. Search, Discovery, Transmission
  • Chapter Seven. Borrowing and Culture
  • Part Two
  • Chapter Eight. Contenders for Action: The U.S. Case
  • Chapter Nine. The American Society for Quality Control: The Liability of Age
  • Chapter Ten. The International Association of Quality Circles: The Liability of Newness, Part 1
  • Chapter Eleven. The International Association of Quality Circles: The Liability of Newness, Part 2
  • Chapter Twelve. The Building of a National Infrastructure in Sweden
  • Chapter Thirteen. The Building of a National Infrastructure in Japan
  • Chapter Fourteen. Summing Up
  • Appendix A. Ford Motor Co. Policy Letter
  • Appendix B. Ford Motor Co. Directive
  • Appendix C. General Electric Advertisement for Factory Automation
  • Appendix D. IAQC Statement of Objectives
  • References
  • Index