Advanced manufacturing technology and planned organizational change |
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| Institution: | 1. Institute of Image Processing and Pattern Recognition, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China;2. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Khalifa University of Science Technology and Research, United Arab Emirates;3. College of Electric and Information Engineering, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, China;4. Department of Instrument Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China;5. Zero One Infinity Consulting (ZOIC) Service Ltd., Canada |
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| Abstract: | Developing countries like India, where technological change is the thrust in manufacturing industries, have introduced advanced manufacturing technology (AMT) to have competitive edge in the global market. Despite the claims that attractive benefits can accrue through the use of AMT in manufacturing firms, only modest benefits are reported. The superior performance of AMT firm in terms of maximum labor productivity, superior quality, and high customer satisfaction has not been achieved. Firms in which AMT has already been introduced have not progressed to higher levels of AMT to achieve manufacturing prosperity. The main reasons attributed to how performance are human factors in the implementation of AMT that have been overshadowed and organizational structure of AMT firm, which remains mechanistic in the changed environment. This paper presents a framework to illustrate low superior performance can be achieved by a planned change process. A set of propositions is offered suggesting that superior performance will result when there is a positive change in work attitudes as a result of elimination of psychological barriers to technological change and change in organizational structure compatible with new technology by a planned change process. |
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