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After Lean Production : Evolving Employment Practices in the World Auto Industry /

"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 fascinatin...

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Autres auteurs: Macduffie, John Paul, Lansbury, Russell D., Kochan, Thomas A.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Ithaca, NY : ILR Press, 1997.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • pt. 1. An international perspective on the auto industry : Introduction
  • Changes in auto industry employment practices : an international overview
  • pt. 2. Bellwethers of innovation in the auto industry : Japan : beyond the model for lean production
  • United States : variations on a theme
  • Canada : continuity and change
  • Germany : implementing lean production
  • Germany : labor's perspective on lean production
  • United Kingdom : the reorganization of production
  • Italy : changing the workplace in the auto industry
  • Spain, France, and Italy : Mediterranean lean production
  • Sweden : the Volvo and Saab road beyond lean production
  • Australia : restructuring for survival
  • pt. 3. Emerging economies and lean production : South Africa : the struggle for human resource development
  • Brazil : the diffusion of a new pattern of industrial relations practices
  • Korea : recent developments and policy options
  • pt. 4. After lean production : Conclusion : after lean production?