Time-and-Motion Regained

With workers defining their own job standards, quality and productivity at the Fremont plant went from worst to best.

by

Paul Adler

by

Paul Adler

From the Magazine (January–February 1993)

Standardization is the death of creativity.

A version of this article appeared in the January–February 1993 issue of Harvard Business Review.

Paul Adler is a professor of management and organization at the Marshall School of Business of the University of Southern California, where he holds the Harold Quinton Chair in Business Policy.

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