TY  - JOUR
AB  - Until recently, only relatively few Northern European companies had
organized their operations by use of autonomous work groups, although
the first literature on this subject stems from the 1950s. Yet this
seems to be changing. From recent publications and the author′s
experience it appears that the diffusion of autonomous work groups is
increasing relatively suddenly. A survey among eight cases in six
companies (two Dutch, four Swedish) shows that recent changes in the
marketplace and in available technology are the main reasons why this
increase has taken place and why, according to the companies, this is
the very moment to start using autonomous work groups. On the one hand
these changes enable the companies to introduce autonomous work groups,
while on the other these changes force companies to do so.
VL  - 12
IS  - 4
SN  - 0144-3577
DO  - 10.1108/EUM0000000001299
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000001299
AU  - Schuring Roel
PY  - 1992
Y1  - 1992/01/01
TI  - Reasons for the Renewed Popularity of Autonomous Work
Groups
T2  - International Journal of Operations & Production Management
PB  - MCB UP Ltd
SP  - 61
EP  - 68
Y2  - 2024/05/13
ER  -