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Just another car factory? : lean production and its discontents /

This study of CAMI Automotive, a unionized joint venture between General Motors and Suzuki, is the most comprehensive ever undertaken of a lean production plant. James Rinehart, Christopher Huxley, and David Robertson address a topic that has inspired fierce debate in industrial relations, sociology...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rinehart, James W., 1933-
Otros Autores: Huxley, Christopher Victor, 1944-, Robertson, David, 1951-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : ILR Press, 1997.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Ch. 1. The strike that was not supposed to happen
  • Ch. 2. Touring the plant
  • Ch. 3. Lean production : the essentials and CAMI's version
  • Ch. 4. Recruitment and training
  • Ch. 5. Working at CAMI : multiskilling or multitasking?
  • Ch. 6. Working lean
  • Ch. 7. Team concept and working in teams
  • Ch. 8. Gender on the line
  • Ch. 9. The kaizen agenda
  • Ch. 10. Kaizen : shop floor responses and outcomes
  • Ch. 11. Commitment
  • Ch. 12. The union
  • Ch. 13. Is CAMI exceptional?
  • Ch. 14. Just another car factory?