Title: Introduction[: Human Resource Development/Management in Lean Production]

Authors: David A. Preece, Robert Jones

Addresses: Centre for Leadership and Organizational Change, The Business School, University of Teesside, Middlesbrough TS1 3BA, UK. ' Faculty of Business and Enterprise, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, VIC 3122, Australia

Abstract: This introductory paper first outlines the difference between mass production and lean production, paying particular attention to the emphasis given to lean production as a human system. It then introduces the salient aspects of the four papers that comprise the Special Issue, highlighting issues of similarity and difference, before isolating the four relevant themes emerging from these papers and integrating them with the extant literature.

Keywords: human resource development; HRD; human resource management; HRM; lean production; human resources.

DOI: 10.1504/IJHRDM.2010.029676

International Journal of Human Resources Development and Management, 2010 Vol.10 No.1, pp.1 - 13

Published online: 30 Nov 2009 *

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