TY - JOUR AB - The greatest challenge for operations management in the 1990s is the management of the human resource. Advanced manufacturing technology dictates a style and approach to management unlike most firms′ previous experience. There is a requirement to move from a control to a commitment orientation in the work‐place. The authority and power structures of functional organisations are no longer suitable for advanced manufacturing technology and operations managers will have to manage people on a far more equal basis than hitherto. A primary manufacturing unit will employ fewer and fewer people directly, but the dependence of the organisation on each and every one of those employees will increase dramatically. VL - 11 IS - 5 SN - 0143-7720 DO - 10.1108/EUM0000000000878 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000000878 AU - Goodridge Mark PY - 1990 Y1 - 1990/01/01 TI - Managing Operations in the 1990s T2 - International Journal of Manpower PB - MCB UP Ltd SP - 22 EP - 26 Y2 - 2024/03/28 ER -