How do successful manufacturers behave?

摘要

RECENT research has shown there are certain ways high-performing manufacturing SMEs tend to operate. There's a body of research showing a link between High Performance Work Practices (HPWPs) - a set of management tools that help get the best out of an organisation and its employees - and business success. "A lot of that [research] is international in orientation with limited work done here in Australia," explained Professor Peter Gahan, director of the University of Melbourne's Centre For Workplace Leadership.