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Life on the line in contemporary manufacturing : the workplace experience of lean production and the "Japanese" model /

In a long tradition of ethnographic research in industrial sociology and management/labour studies, this text raises a number of important issues about the best ways to understand the complex and changing nature of work.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Delbridge, Rick
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.
Subjects:
Industrial sociology > Great Britain > Case studies.
Industrial management > Great Britain > Case studies.
Just-in-time systems > Social aspects > Great Britain > Case studies.
Sociologie industrielle > Japon > Cas, Études de.
Sociologie industrielle > Grande-Bretagne > Études de cas.
Gestion d'entreprise > Grande-Bretagne > Études de cas.
Juste-à-temps (Système) > Aspect social > Grande-Bretagne > Études de cas.
Industrial management
Industrial sociology
Just-in-time systems > Social aspects
Great Britain
Lopende band.
Arbeidsomstandigheden.
Bedrijfscultuur.
Electronic books.
Case studies
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Contemporary manufacturing and workplace relations
  • Researching the shop-floor : the cases of Valleyco and Nippon CTV
  • The process of management control at Nippon CTV
  • The process of management control at Valleyco
  • What do workers do? patterns of negotiated order
  • Why do workers do what they do? evidence of high commitment
  • More than a pair of hands? worker involvement in what they do and how they do it
  • The role of organized labour
  • Management and labour on the 'New' shop-floor
  • A reappraisal of contemporary manufacturing and the 'Japanese' model.