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Title

Breaking from Taylorism : changing forms of work in the automobile industry / Ulrich Jurgens, Thomas Malsch and Knuth Dohse.

Author

Jürgens, Ulrich, 1943-

Publication

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1993.

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Additional Authors

• Malsch, Thomas.
• Dohse, Knuth, 1948-

Description

xix, 442 pages; 24 cm

Summary

• In this book, the future of one of the world's most important industries is examined from the perspective of work structures and labor relations policies. The authors examine the restructuring of the world automobile industry in the 1980s, and draw data from in-depth empirical study of three leading car companies in three different countries: the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany.
• They demonstrate that the different strategies employed by firms and trades unions in industrial relations, and different national characteristics, have had a major impact on the dismantling of Taylorism and Fordism and the introduction of new structures of work.
• This book is an important contribution to the study of change in mass production industries throughout the world. It will be of interest to students of industrial relations and industrial sociology, as well as specialists in government and business.

Uniform Title

Moderne Zeiten in der Automobilfabrik. English

Alternative Title

Moderne Zeiten in der Automobilfabrik.

Subject

• Automobile industry and trade > Case studies
• Automobile industry workers > Labor unions > Case studies
• Industrial relations > Case studies
• Automobile industry and trade > United States
• Automobile industry and trade > Great Britain
• Automobile industry and trade > Germany

Note

• Rev. translation of: Moderne Zeiten in der Automobilfabrik.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. The restructuring of the world automobile industry: opportunities for new forms of work -- 2. Changing markets and the rise of Toyotism: the development of the national car industries since the 1970s -- 3. Company strategies for answering the challenges -- 4. Industrial relations in the process of change -- 5. Reorganizing quality control - between pressure for efficiency and a job enrichment orientation -- 6. Coping with new technology: skilled workers between specialization and flexibilization -- 7. Regulating work performance and plant efficiency: changes in control structures of work -- 8. Comparative achievements in labor productivity and changes in personnel structures: trends and development patterns -- 9. Tapping new resources: skill levels and worker participation -- 10. Is the assembly line obsolete? -- 11. Modern times in the automobile factory: trends toward new forms of work (summary and conclusions).

ISBN

0521405440

LCCN

92026693

OCLC

• 26503062
• ocm26503062

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries