INDUSTRIAL RESTRUCTURING - FACILITATING ORGANIZATIONAL-CHANGE AT THE FIRM LEVEL

In 1991 the Dominican Republic committed itself to an industrial strat egy involving a transition from mass production and the widespread int roduction of organizational change in individual firms, in relationshi ps between firms and in the linkages between firms, and the institutio nal infrastructure supporting industrial activity. The general stateme nt of policy was not, however, reflected at the productive level. Cons equently steps were taken to promote the diffusion of organizational c hange through training courses and a pilot-plant program. This paper d escribes the techniques utilized during the first phase of this policy intervention. Given the Dominican Republic's per capita income (less than $700) and its low level of human resource development, it is argu ed that this form of policy intervention is of widespread relevance to other less-developed countries.