Focused Labour Force: An Organisational Development Strategy

In recent years the concept of the “focused factory” has emerged in the field of operations management, and the “contingency approach to job design” has evolved in the area of organisational development. Utilising these two concepts in combination, the creation of a contingency continuum of job enrichment, the “focused labour force”, for improved utilisation of human resources is proposed.

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Year of publication:	1989
Authors:	Jones, Coy A. ; Bernard Keys, J. ; Miller, Thomas R.
Published in:	Leadership & Organization Development Journal. - MCB UP Ltd, ISSN 1472-5347, ZDB-ID 2021219-7. - Vol. 10.1989, 3, p. 10-16
Publisher:	MCB UP Ltd
Subject:	Job design \| Organizational development \| Management \| Work organization

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Type of publication:	Article
Type of publication (narrower categories):	research-article
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	10.1108/EUM0000000001135 [DOI]
Source:	Other ZBW resources

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