After Lean Production: Evolving Employment Practices in the World Auto Industry - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0801484138 ISBN 13 : 9780801484131

Editeur : ILR Press, 1997

Synopsis

"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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Thomas A. Kochan is the George Maverick Bunker Professor of Management at the Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Russell D. Lansbury is Professor of Industrial Relations and head of the department at the University of Sydney. John Paul MacDuffie is Associate Professor at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: ILR Press
• Date d'édition: 1997
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0801484138
• ISBN 13: 9780801484131
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 368
• Éditeur: Kochan Thomas A., Lansbury Russell D., MacDuffie John Paul
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