Total quality management and human resource systems: an international comparison

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Companies that provide employees with team-based human resource systems that incorporate group rewards, meetings, suggestion systems and team structures are those companies that have the highest number of quality tools being used by the highest number of employees. Data of the total quality management tools used in the banking, health care, auto and computer industries in Germany, Canada, the United States and Japan is presented to investigate the role of human resource practices in total quality management techniques.

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Strategic human resource management effectiveness and firm performance

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A new study investigates whether organizational-level outcomes and performance are directly linked with strategic human resource management effectiveness.

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Organizing work to support relational co-ordination

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Issues concerning the development of relational co-ordination systems within service operations and the impact on team efficiency are discussed.

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