Knowledge Content and Worker Participation in Environmental Management at Mummy
- Topics:
- Business Ethics,
- Knowledge Management,
- Unions
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Overview: This paper looks at, within the context of lean production, how and in what ways employees participate in environmental improvements. The paper uses data from an automobile plant well known for its participative work structures, New United Motor Manufacturing (NUMMI), to look more closely at the dynamics of worker participation in environmental management (i.e. management of pollution and waste). Findings show that while workers possess important contextual knowledge, the importance of process, intra-organizational and external knowledge make the role of specialist staff (both internal and external to the environmental function) critically important for environmental improvements.
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Format: PDF | Size: 77KB | Date: May 2004 | Pages: 35
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