Tendências da gestão participativa para redução de falhas no nível operacional de sistemas produtivos em indústrias metalúrgicas

Abstract

This paper seeks to know the trends of participatory management to reduce failures at the operational level in production systems in steel mills. To identify trends in participatory management in the metals industries aimed to raise participatory management strategies according to production managers, relate the practices adopted to reduce front of flaws inherent to production processes and analyze the challenges in participatory management strategies placed reduction management of faults in production systems. The study is justified by the possibilities of applying knowledge about the practices of participative management as applicable to process industries and management practices to reduce failures. The methodology for research development will be based on using a quantitative approach procedures and descriptive statistical technique to obtain the form data. After the application form and data analysis we can say that participative management is a challenge for businesses and require strategies that emphasize information, communication, training and development, registration and opening activities to employees in innovative processes and organizational changes. You can see that the trends of participatory management applicable to metals industries studied include improving communication between business processes, supervisors and employees and the definition and use of specific means to do so. Where first, employees need to be informed about what is happening in the company, which existing needs in relation to production and how each individual can participate. The second noticeable aspect is the training and development. There are cases where the expertises already present in teams, but there are also situations such as technological innovation or the adoption of new technologies by enterprises in which there is the need to prepare and guide employees to be taken greater advantage of adopted technologies. Finally, one may need to list the employee's transformation into internal customer to put your self in the place of one who acquires the product manufactured with the purpose of finding out what the customer expects and what improvements can be made in favor this aspect identified. Not always imply improvements in cost, but in good ideas and good will of those who produce. The challenge for these trends is to be perpetuated in the manager and the owner of the companies providing people, when prepared, to participate in the decisions that concern their work processes and possibilities for improvement.