After Lean Production Contributor(s): Kochan, Thomas A. (Editor), Lansbury, Russell D. (Editor), MacDuffie, John Paul (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0801484138 ISBN-13: 9780801484131 Publisher: ILR Press
Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: September 1997 Annotation: Nearly every country that produces cars views the automobile industry as strategically important because of its direct economic significance and because it serves as a bell-weather for innovation in employment conditions. In this book, industrial relations experts from eleven countries consider the state of the industry worldwide. They are particularly interested in assessing whether the loudly heralded model of lean production initiated by Toyota has become pervasive. The contributors focus on employment practices: the way work is organized, how workers and managers interact, the way worker representatives respond to lean production strategies, and the nature of the adaptation and innovation process itself. Global competition and changing technological possibilities are pressuring other industries to transform their employment practices and the auto industry may be an important harbinger of what is to come. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Labor - Business & Economics | Corporate & Business History - General - Business & Economics | Industries - Automobile Industry |
Dewey: 331.129 |
LCCN: 97014355 |
Age Level: 22-UP |
Grade Level: 17-UP |
Series: Cornell International Industrial and Labor Relations Reports (Paperback) |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6" W x 8.97" L (1.11 lbs) 368 pages |
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Publisher Description: This book has two main strengths. First, its approach gives a sense of the texture and variety of the implementation of lean production, the forces that shape it in practice, and the alternatives that may be available. Second, the book's international focus provides a wealth of fascinating material concerning the influence of national conditions on the shaping of production practices.--Harley Shaiken, author of Work Transformed: Automation and Labor in the Computer AgeNearly every country that produces cars views the automobile industry as strategically important because of its direct economic significance and because it serves as a bellwether for innovation in employment conditions. In this book, industrial relations experts from eleven countries consider the state of the industry worldwide. They are particularly interested in assessing whether the loudly heralded model of lean production initiated by Toyota has become pervasive.The contributors focus on employment practices: the way work is organized, how workers and managers interact, the way worker representatives respond to lean production strategies, and the nature of the adaptation and innovation process itself. |
Contributor Bio(s): Kochan, Thomas A.: - Thomas A. Kochan is the George M. Bunker Professor of Management at MIT's Sloan School of Management. He is coeditor of Negotiations and Change and After Lean Production and coauthor with Saul A. Rubinstein of Learning from Saturn, all from Cornell.Lansbury, Russell D.: - Russell D. Lansbury is Professor of Industrial Relations and head of the department at the University of Sydney.MacDuffie, John Paul: - John Paul MacDuffie is Associate Professor at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. |
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