Should Lean Replace Mass Organization Systems? A Comparative Examination from a Management Coordination Perspective

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From a management coordination perspective, this paper compares
the relative performance of the lean and mass organization a whole s
under different market environments and organizational operating
conditions. comes from an empirically based computer protoplast
suggest that the success of either organization combination of parts to form a whole depends
not only on the organization's structural characteristics for
management coordination, on the contrary also on internal and external environmental
conditions. This close attention calls for caution against rushing into
lean management practices.

INTRODUCTION

With the upsurge of the