Since advanced manufacturing technology (AMT) was applied widely, how to properly accommodate organizational structure with the implementation of technology has become the focus of both academy and enterprise. Based on the literature review and cases study, this paper conducts a stepwise regression analysis with a large-scale sample of 307 machine tool firms. The results indicate that changes of organizational structure are significantly correlated with the implementation effects of AMT. This paper also discusses the diversity influences of structural changes on the implementation of AMT. Results illuminate that decentralization and integration have positive influences on the implementation effects of AMT; complexity is positively correlated with operational performance and organizational and managerial performance, which is inconsistent with the findings of foreign researches
To be successful in this globally competitive and rapidly changing situation, organizational changes, which must be consistent with the implementation of manufacturing technology, are required. This study proposes that human factors in the organization have improved the implementation effects of AMT. Based on a brief review of relevant literatures, three categories including twelve indicators are concluded as valid and reliable measures of the implementation effects of AMT. Using the result from a survey of 87 equipment manufacturing firms in the northeast of China, a stepwise regression analysis is conducted to investigate the diversity influence on AMT implementation by human factors. The results show that training, equitable reward and team cooperation have positive effect on operational performance; equitable reward, empowerment and team cooperation are positively correlated with organizational and managerial performance; the relationship between team cooperation and competitive performance is significant and positive.
Crickets are suitable for studying the effects of single gene mutations on single nerve cells. In one mutant, three classes of sensilla are lost sequentially. The absence of one class of mechanoreceptors throughout postembryonic development deprives certain sensory neurons of normal stimulation and results in abnormal physiological and structural development of an identified interneuron.