Waste not, want not?: the relationship between manufacturers´ adoption of innovative workplace management and pollution prevention practices

Author

Atlas, Mark

Author_Institution

H. John Heinz III Sch. of Public Policy & Manage., Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA, USA

fYear

1997

fDate

27-31 Jul 1997

Firstpage

154

Lastpage

157

Abstract

This paper presents an empirical analysis of the relationships between a manufacturing facilities´ adoption of innovative pollution prevention techniques (i.e., source reduction and recycling) and of innovative workplace management practices (e.g., TQM, R&D, worker teams, etc.). It specifically evaluates whether facilities that are innovative in their manufacturing are also innovative in environmental practices

Keywords

human resource management; management; manufacturing industries; pollution control; recycling; research and development management; R&D; TQM; environmental practices; innovative workplace management; manufacturing facilities; pollution prevention practices; recycling; source reduction; worker teams; Employment; Environmentally friendly manufacturing techniques; Innovation management; Pollution; Production facilities; Raw materials; Recycling; Research and development management; Technological innovation; Total quality management;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Innovation in Technology Management - The Key to Global Leadership. PICMET '97: Portland International Conference on Management and Technology

Conference_Location

Portland, OR

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3574-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PICMET.1997.653300

Filename

653300