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Title:

TEAMWORK IN WINTER MAINTENANCE: FIRST-HAND EXPERIENCES

Accession Number:

00810819

Record Type:

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Order URL: http://worldcat.org/isbn/0309067472

Abstract:

When the Finnish National Road Administration (Finnra) was internally divided into administrative and production branches in 1998, it brought great changes on both organizational and operational levels. This internal division clarifies the roles and responsibilities of the branches, intensifies the efficiency of road management, and helps prepare the agency for open competition in public road management scheduled to be implemented starting in January 2001. The creation of winter maintenance teams in the same year was intended to both increase efficiency and decrease the costs of maintenance work. It entailed quite a radical change from the traditional work style (management by supervisors) to self-ruling worker teams. The teams were given contracts for the winter maintenance work, and they decided and planned how best to complete the work to fulfill the quality requirements set by the client--in this case, Finnra.

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Monograph Accession #:

00810814

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Hellman, A
Nikulainen, E

Pagination:

p. 45-49

Publication Date:

2001

Serial:

Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings

Issue Number: 23
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 1073-1652

Conference:

Ninth Maintenance Management Conference

Location: Juneau, Alaska
Date: 2000-7-16 to 2000-7-20
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board; American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials; Federal Highway Administration; Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities; and Iowa Department of Transportation.

ISBN:

0309067472

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures (4) ; Photos (1)

Geographic Terms:

Finland

Subject Areas:

Administration and Management; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; I62: Winter Maintenance

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Apr 27 2001 12:00AM

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