Alternatives to Lean Production : : Work Organization in the Swedish Auto Industry / / 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 evalu...
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Berggren, Christian, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Alternatives to Lean Production : Work Organization in the Swedish Auto Industry / Christian Berggren. second edition Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019] ©1993 1 online resource (312 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Cornell International Industrial and Labor Relations Reports 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 restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star 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. 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 Sweden Case studies. Automobile industry workers Sweden Attitudes. General Economics. Labor History. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Archive Pre-2000 9783110536171 https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501722165 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781501722165 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781501722165/original |
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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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