What is it about?
The article presents the perspectives of of frontline miners on the impact of self-directed teamwork on the organisation of production.
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Why is it important?
I lived in the mine hostel and went underground with mining teams for a full production shift. This great experience in that it allowed me to see the world of mining from the perspectives of frontline miners rather than merely relying only on the views of management and trade union officials in the boardroom.
Perspectives
Observing and participating in the daily work activities of miners enabled me to understand the underlying factors that affected organisational safety and productivity.
Dr Sizwe Timothy Phakathi
University of Pretoria
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This page is a summary of: Self‐directed work teams in a post‐apartheid gold mine: perspectives from the rock face, Journal of Workplace Learning, November 2002, Emerald,
DOI: 10.1108/13665620210445582.
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