Why Plant Managers Fail: Causes and Consequences.
Industrial Management › Vol. 42 Nbr. 1, January 2000
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Why Plant Managers Fail: Causes and Consequences.
Executive Summary
The authors describe 15 reasons why plant managers fail and show how those failures affect all plant personnel. They also make the case that managers cannot succeed without adequate support from their organization. Included is a self-assessment tool to help managers and front-line supervisors determine whether their organizations practices are setting them up for failure. "I know this, that keeping a plant operating in an optimal fashion is definitely a juggling act between your systems and people and environment and goals.[ldots] It takes a lot of hard work, skill, patience, drive, good people, and even a little luck to succeed in this line of work." A plant manager's observation The 1990s witnessed a renaissance in U.S. manufacturing for a wide variety of reasons. A robust U.S. economy, many technological breakthroughs, a rush of capital investments, the growth of markets in the world economy, and a strong domestic demand for high-value-added products are just a few of the plausible explanations for this phenomenon. Although manufacturing has performed well as a whole, manufacturers are still under extreme pressure to improve their overall performance as they brace for the next wave of international competition. This competitive pressure has created a greater need than ever before for highly effective plant management. Manufacturers in the 1990s experienced a host of technological and systems enhancements such as large-scale process re-engineering and cellular manufacturing. They also saw more use of automation, integrated information technology, and computer-aided design methods. At the same time, manufacturers developed more effective and enlightened approaches to enhancing workforce productivity Open-book management, work teams, labor-management co-ops, worker empowerment programs, improved training and development, improved supervisi...See the full content of this document
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