Research Article | OPEN ACCESS
A Review on Workforce Agility
Somaieh Alavi and Dzuraidah Abd. Wahab
Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University Keabangsaan Malaysia,
43600 UKM, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia
Research Journal of Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology 2013 16:4195-4199
Received: September 13, 2012 | Accepted: October 09, 2012 | Published: April 30, 2013
Abstract
Growing global competition has virtually eliminated assured markets and has forced manufacturers in nearly all sectors to find a new production model, one of which is known as agile manufacturing. It includes different aspects which workforce agility has been asserted as a vitally important contribution to agile manufacturing. Despite the importance of workforce agility, little focus has been given to it. The shortage of study in this matter has affected the behaviour of enterprises. This study reviews studies on workforce agility and finally an algorithm is suggested which can help managers to have agile people.
Keywords:
Agile manufacturing, agile workforce,
Competing interests
The authors have no competing interests.
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