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

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Archive Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Berggren, Christian,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2019]; ©1993
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Edition: second edition
• Language: English
• Series: Cornell International Industrial and Labor Relations Reports
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (312 p.)
• Other title: 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
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781501722165; 9783110536171
• DOI: 10.7591/9781501722165
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Christian Berggren.

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 evaluates in detail the reorganization of work within the Swedish auto industry from 1970 to 1990. In his introduction to the new edition, he explores the significance of Volvo's decision to close its two most innovative plants.