Cladistics: a taxonomy for manufacturing organizations
Abstract
Presents an evolutionary management technique (cladistics) which could enable organizations to formally and systematically understand the emergence of new manufacturing forms within their business environment. This fundamental, but important, insight could result in cladograms being used as a tool within a change framework, for achieving successful organizational design and change. Thus, regardless of the industrial sector, managers could use cladograms as an evolutionary analysis technique for determining “where they have been and where they are now”. This evolutionary analysis could be used to formulate coherent and appropriate action for managers who are responsible for organizational design and development.
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Citation
McCarthy, I. and Ridgway, K. (2000), "Cladistics: a taxonomy for manufacturing organizations", Integrated Manufacturing Systems, Vol. 11 No. 1, pp. 16-29. https://doi.org/10.1108/09576060010303631
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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