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Best practice QFD application: an internal/external benchmarking approach based on Ford Motors' experience

Ginn, David; Zairi, Mohamed - In: International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management 22 (2005) 1, pp. 38-58

) criteria of success; (2) learning experience; (3) teamwork; and (4) future of QFD. Design/methodology/approach – Quality … be both perceived and actual improvements to quality, functional performance and reduced cost on key attributes to prompt … integral part of company‐wide quality practice. In contrast, many Western companies, having used QFD only since the mid‐1980s …

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High‐performance teamwork saves Visy Board plastics factory : Employees shared a passion for survival

In: Human Resource Management International Digest 17 (2009) 6, pp. 15-17

of useful information for organizations engaged in implementing quality improvements through enhanced teamwork. …

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Information and its usage in contemporary business performance

Stamenkovic, Sasa; Stamatović, Milan - In: Focus : journal of international business 3 (2016) 1, pp. 57-77

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Exploring the effects of intragroup conflict and past performance feedback on team effectiveness

Margarida Passos, Ana; Caetano, António - In: Journal of Managerial Psychology 20 (2005) 3/4, pp. 231-244

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to test a model of the effects of intragroup conflict (relationship conflict, task conflict and process conflict), past performance feedback and perceptions of team decision‐making effectiveness on team performance and affective responses....

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“… with a little help from my friends”: friendship, effort norms, and group motivation gain

Kerr, Norbert L.; Seok, Dong‐Heon - In: Journal of Managerial Psychology 26 (2011) 3, pp. 205-218

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to report on new research that explores the effect of co‐worker friendship and performance norms on the Köhler motivation gain effect. Design/methodology/approach – Females worked at a motor persistence task with either a more capable coactor or with...

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Team identification: a determining factor of performance

Solansky, Stephanie T. - In: Journal of Managerial Psychology 26 (2011) 3, pp. 247-258

Purpose – This study seeks to explore why some teams realize performance gains and others do not. Team identification is proposed as an explanatory mechanism of performance. Design/methodology/approach – Data from two longitudinal studies with 42 teams (270 individuals) are examined using...

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The value of intercultural competence for performance of multicultural teams

Matveev, Alexei V.; Milter, Richard G. - In: Team Performance Management: An International Journal 10 (2004) 5/6, pp. 104-111

Managers working in multinational companies carry out their organizational goals through multicultural teams. Performance of multicultural teams can be examined from an intercultural communication perspective. Executives, managers, management consultants, and educators interested in improving...

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The relationship of strategic performance management to team strategy, company performance and organizational effectiveness

Sum Chau, Vinh - In: Team Performance Management: An International Journal 14 (2008) 3/4, pp. 113-117

Purpose – The purpose of this editorial is to introduce the special issue on the relationship of strategic performance management to team strategy, company performance and organizational effectiveness. Design/methodology/approach – The paper explains each of the components in this...

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Can team effectiveness be predicted?

Meredith Ross, T.; Jones, Erick C.; Adams, Stephanie G. - In: Team Performance Management: An International Journal 14 (2008) 5/6, pp. 248-268

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to propose and support a model to predict the effectiveness of teams. Design/methodology/approach – The literature provides a wide variety of variables or constructs to measure the effectiveness of a team. The article proposes a mathematical model to...

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Team training for creating performance templates

Lyons, Paul - In: Team Performance Management: An International Journal 15 (2009) 5/6, pp. 257-275

Purpose – This paper seeks to explain how team training in template construction and maintenance is achieved to improve the performance of individuals and teams on the job. The aim is to explain the training model in detail and to present the theory base for the model. Also, another important...

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