Subject category:
Case Method and Specialist Management Disciplines
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Ivey Publishing
Version: 2001-08-03
Length: 4 pages
Data source: Field research
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Abstract
A process engineer for General Motors Truck Assembly Plant in Oshawa was considering the introduction of new technology onto the main assembly line. He believed that an overhead hoist could be used to eliminate one job in a four-person group. The case leads into a discussion on the criteria used in evaluating proposals for new technology as well as the impact of these changes on the employees.
Subject category:
Case Method and Specialist Management Disciplines
Published by:
Ivey Publishing
Version: 1999-12-01
Length: 5 pages
Data source: Field research
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A process engineer for General Motors Truck Assembly Plant in Oshawa was considering the introduction of new technology onto the main assembly line. He believed that an overhead hoist could be used to eliminate one job in a four-person group. The case leads into a discussion on the criteria used in evaluating proposals for new technology as well as the impact of these changes on the employees.
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Subject category:
Case Method and Specialist Management Disciplines
Published by:
Ivey Publishing
Version: 1999-12-01
Length: 5 pages
Data source: Field research