Employee Involvement and Work Redesign in U.S. Shipbuilding: Analytical Review

Abstract

This piece documents the results of a survey of 27 U.S. shipyards engaged in shipbuilding and ship repair in 1986. It focuses on human resource innovations occurring within the yards, especially employee involvement and work redesign activities. A total of 58 management representatives and 18 union representatives responded to the survey questions and personal interviews conducted on site. This resulting document traces the development of traditional human resource practices from their roots in wartime production initiatives and federal policy. Highlighting the inconsistancies between the formality and rigidity of the traditional system and the current demands for industry responsiveness and flexibility, the author notes the movement within the industry toward new production and human resource systems. The results of the survey are then presented. These arc broken down by topic area and are summarized here.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA452316

Entities

People

  • Terry Flynn

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Assembly
  • Business Administration
  • Employment
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Fabrication
  • Governments
  • Human Resources
  • Information Processing
  • Management Personnel
  • Management Training
  • Manufacturing
  • Mass Production
  • Naval Architecture
  • Organizational Structure
  • Shipbuilding

Readers

  • Economics
  • Government and Public Administration Law.
  • Systems Analysis and Design