As part of Pratt & Whitney North restructuring efforts Haven, Ed North and business unit managers to encourage employees to make decisions and take an active part in the improvement of the production process in North Haven. Business Unit Manager Tom Hutton gave of hourly workers get abrasive blasting equipment for the two cells. Capital purchase decision runs into some problems when two cells, a coat, a pair of cells and pack coats, will not come to an agreement on what equipment to buy. "Hide
by H. Kent Bowen, Linda A. Hill, Andrew Burtis, Sylvie Ryckebusch, John Schiavone Source: Harvard Business School 11 pages. Publication Date: November 28, 1995. Prod. #: 696068-PDF-ENG
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