Title: A mathematical model for the evaluation of roles and responsibilities of Human Resources in a Lean Manufacturing environment

Authors: G. Anand, Rambabu Kodali

Addresses: Mechanical Engineering Group, Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani, Rajasthan 333031, India. ' Mechanical Engineering Group and Engineering Technology Group, Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani, Rajasthan 333031, India

Abstract: A review of literature relating Human Resources (HR) and Lean Manufacturing (LM) revealed that none of the papers have provided a clear-cut description regarding the roles and responsibilities of the internal and external stakeholders of an organisation while implementing LM. Apart from this, no papers have described a methodology to quantify the roles and responsibilities of HR. Hence, this paper attempts to fill in these gaps by establishing the taxonomy for LM elements by proposing a conceptual framework from the perspective of HR. Finally, a mathematical model based on the Graph Theory (GT) is developed to quantify their roles and responsibilities of various stakeholders of HR in a LM environment.

Keywords: LMS; lean manufacturing systems; lean management; HRM; human resource management; mathematical modelling; graph theory; digraphs; comprehensive assessment index; literature surveys; human resources; roles; responsibilities.

DOI: 10.1504/IJHRDM.2010.029447

International Journal of Human Resources Development and Management, 2010 Vol.10 No.1, pp.63 - 100

Published online: 30 Nov 2009 *

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