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| Woodward’s type Based on System of Production |
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1. small-batch and unit production (organic)
2. large-batch and mass production (mechanic)
3. continuous process production (organic) |
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| Flexible Manufacturing Systems |
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A flexible manufacturing system (FMS) is a method for producing goods that is readily adaptable to changes in the product being manufactured, in which machines are able to manufacture parts and in the ability to handle varying levels of production.
Self-regulating, organic system |
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| Lean manufacturing or lean production, often simply "lean", is a systematic method for the elimination of waste ("Muda") within a manufacturing system. |
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1.Products are made;
2.Products are used
3.Products possess physical 4.characteristics we can evaluate before we buy
5.Products are impersonal; |
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1.services are delivered
2. services are experienced
3.services do not even exist before we buy them.
4. services are personal. |
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| structural implication on Product and Service |
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departmental technology
routine |
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high analyzability
low variety |
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departmental technology
craft |
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low analyzability
low variety |
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departmental technology
engineering |
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high analyzability
high variety |
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departmental technology
nonroutine |
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low analyzability
high variety |
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1.low communication
2. standardization, rules, procecure
divisional structure |
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workflow:
sequential (assembly line) |
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1. medium communication
2. plans, schedules, feedback
Task Force |
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1. high communication
2. mutual adjustment, cross-department meetings, teamwork
Horizontal Structure |
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design for joint optimization
work roles, tasks, workflow
goals and values
skills and abilities. |
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Term
| IT enabled new orgainational model |
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feedback control model
management control system |
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| explicit and tacit knowledge |
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explicit:
Provide high-quality, reliable, and fast information systems for access of
codified reusable knowledge
Tacit
Channel individual expertise
to provide creative advice
on strategic problems |
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1. smaller organizatoin
2. decentralized structure
3. improved horizontal coordination
4. improved inter-organizatoinal relatoins
5. enhanced modular/networkd structure
6. speed-everything is faster |
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Imitation
Innovation
Errors
Superstition |
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1. competitor
2. customers growth
3.change in the external environment |
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| implication of organizational size |
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1. Culture is comprised of the beliefs, values and practices associated with a group of people
2. An organization’s culture provides a hard-to-imitate form of competitive advantage. |
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1. Ethics is rooted in one’s beliefs and values
2.Ethical companies will tend to out-survive unethical companies. |
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| Objects, settings, performers. |
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| Jargon, slang, gestures, songs, jokes, gossip, |
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| forces driving the need for innovation and change |
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Global Changes, Competition and Markets
more threat,more opportunity |
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1. Continuous progression
2. Affect organizational part
3. Through normal structure and
management processes
4. Technology improvements
5. Product improvement |
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1.Paradigm-breaking
burst
2. Transform entire
organization
3. Create new structure
and management
4. Breakthrough
technology
5. New products,
new markets |
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| Sequence of Elements for Successful Change |
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1. ideas
2. needs
3. adoption
4. implementation
5. resoures |
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Term
| Successful Product Innovations |
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Definition
1. understand customer need
2. use outside technology and consulting but do more work in-house
3. support from top managmeent |
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