附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-325) and index.
Culture and the Emergence of Small-Group Activities -- What Is Small-Group Activity? -- Decision Making and Research Strategies -- The Motivation to Innovate --Bandwagons versus Dominoes -- Search, Discovery, Transmission -- Borrowing and Culture -- Contenders for Action: The U.S. Case -- The American Society for Quality Control: The Liability of Age -- The International Association of Quality Circles: The Liability of Newness, Part 1 -- The International Association of Quality Circles: The Liability of Newness, Part 2 -- The Building of a National Infrastructure in Sweden -- The Building of a National Infrastructure in Japan.
摘要:How do firms become motivated to adopt small-group activities such as quality circles and self-managing teams? How do they acquire expertise in these activities? Noted sociologist and management expert Robert E. Cole addresses these issues through an examination of small-group activities in the United States, Japan and Sweden during the past twenty-five years.
