Learning From Saturn : : Possibilities for Corporate Governance and Employee Relations / / Saul A. Rubinstein, Thomas A. Kochan.
The last two decades of the twentieth century were a tumultuous time of innovation for business and labor. Perhaps the boldest and most far-reaching experiment in industry was the creation of the Saturn Corporation. Working together as partners, the UAW and General Motors built a new small car in Sp...
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Rubinstein, Saul A., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Learning From Saturn : Possibilities for Corporate Governance and Employee Relations / Saul A. Rubinstein, Thomas A. Kochan. Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018] ©2000 1 online resource (176 p.) : 4 tables, 7 charts text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. What's at Stake Here? -- 2. Walter Reuther's Legacy: The Ideas behind Saturn -- 3. The Partnership in Action -- 4. Reinventing the Local Union -- 5. Boundary Management and Learning Disabilities -- 6. What Have We Learned? -- Notes -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star The last two decades of the twentieth century were a tumultuous time of innovation for business and labor. Perhaps the boldest and most far-reaching experiment in industry was the creation of the Saturn Corporation. Working together as partners, the UAW and General Motors built a new small car in Spring Hill, Tennessee, with American suppliers and American workers. Saturn's locally designed manufacturing system featured self-directed teams and the integration of union representatives into management's strategic and operational decision-making processes. Saul A. Rubinstein and Thomas A. Kochan have followed the Saturn story since its beginning in 1983. Through surveys as well as hundreds of interviews with company managers, union representatives, and employees, and with leaders of GM and the UAW, they trace the history of, and the lessons to be learned from, this "Different Kind of Company." The Saturn experiment embodied a new concept of labor-management relations, management, and organizational governance. Has it been a success or a failure? Is it relevant in the current industrial environment? What effect has it had on GM and the UAW? The authors resist overly simplistic conclusions; Saturn's strengths and limitations must be fairly assessed before the company's experience can provide lessons on the future of unions, labor-management relations, work organization, and corporate governance. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022) Automobile industry and trade Management Employee participation United States. Automobile industry and trade United States. General Economics. Labor History. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations. bisacsh Kochan, Thomas A., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013 9783110536157 print 9780801438738 https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501718601 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781501718601 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781501718601/original |
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