Group or team work has always played an important role in our industry in processes of creating or changing working systems. This form of organization is an approach to use group dynamics to involve employees further into the process of creating and improving the workflow. Taylorism is the antipode. On the basis of systematic time studies and studies in movement an optimal standardizing of the workflow is strived for. In practice it quickly becomes apparent that both approaches in their extreme form are not target-orientated. The healthy mean is the right way in which the leader appears as a coach and companion for his employees.
Industrie Management | Volume 21 | 2005 | Edition 2 | Pages 63-65
