Strategies for Learning : Small-Group Activities in American, Japanese, and Swedish Industry / Robert E. Cole.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cole, Robert E., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teams in the workplace--United States.

Teams in the workplace.

Teams in the workplace--Japan.

Teams in the workplace--Sweden.

Comparative management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (360 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, California : University of California Press, [1989]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

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 scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1989.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Figures and Tables

Acknowledgments

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

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

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780520330818

0520330811

OCLC:

1149427781