Self-directed teams in power electronics manufacturing

Author

Underwood, Jim ; Fitzgerald, Maureen ; Cassidy, Michael

Author_Institution

Power Systems, AT&T Bell Labs., Mesquite, TX, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1996

Firstpage

64

Abstract

One of the principal concepts leading to continuous improvement at leading companies is employee empowerment. AT&T Power Systems is in the midst of a change to self-directed empowered teams in all functions. In the production environment, the entire nature of work is being transformed by a joint union and management initiative called Workplace of the Future (WPOF). The main component of the WPOF agreement is self-directed teams called Skilled Empowered Teams or SETs. This paper describes SETs, their purpose, the implementation process and their accomplishments

Keywords

electronics industry; human resource management; manufacture; personnel; power electronics; Workplace of the Future; employee empowerment; implementation process; personnel management; power electronics manufacturing; production environment; self-directed teams; skilled empowered teams; Continuous improvement; Employment; Energy management; Human resource management; Management training; Manufacturing; Power system management; Power systems; Production; Total quality management;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, 1996. APEC '96. Conference Proceedings 1996., Eleventh Annual

Conference_Location

San Jose, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3044-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APEC.1996.500423

Filename

500423