Alternatives to Lean Production : Work Organization in the Swedish Auto Industry /

The Swedish auto industry has developed a distinct production design and work organization, exploring alternatives to the assembly line and to the traditional shop-floor hierarchy, with a model of teamwork that increases independent decision making and elicits strong union commitment. Berggren evalu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Berggren, Christian (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]
Edición:Second edition, With a New Introduction.
Colección:Cornell International Industrial and Labor Relations Reports
Temas:
Volvo, Aktiebolaget > Management.
Volvo, Aktiebolaget.
Automobile industry workers > Sweden > Attitudes.
Automobile industry and trade > Management > Employee participation > Sweden > Case studies.
Travailleurs de l'automobile > Suède > Attitudes.
Automobiles > Industrie et commerce > Gestion > Participation du personnel > Suède > Études de cas.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
Automobile industry and trade > Management > Employee participation.
Automobile industry workers > Attitudes.
Management.
Sweden.
Case studies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction to the Paperback Edition
  • Preface
  • 1. The Assembly-Line Regime and the Volvo Trajectory
  • 2. The Evolution and Transplantation of Toyotism
  • 3. The Swedish Automotive Industry: Small-Scale Car Makers, Global Truck Producers
  • 4. Pressures for Change: The Labor Market and Trade Unions
  • 5. Organizational and Technical Design of Swedish Automotive Assembly
  • 6. Competitive "Craft Work" in Two Bus Plants
  • 7. Pioneers in Car and Truck Assembly: Volvo Kalmar and Volvo LB
  • 8. Innovations in Uddevalla, Stalemate in Gothenburg
  • 9. Methodological Problems in Comparing Working Conditions
  • 10. The Degrading Monotony of the Assembly Line
  • 11. Assembly Designs and Working Conditions: A Five-Plant Comparison
  • 12. Shop-Floor Power and the Dynamics of Group Work
  • 13. Toward Postlean Production
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index
  • About the Author

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