critical developments in the international automobile industry /
edited by Valeria Pulignano [and others].
New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2008.
xiv, 200 pages ;
23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : 'Flexibility' at work : critical developments in the international automobile industry / Valeria Pulignano [and others] -- Bureaucracy transcended? New patterns of employment regulation and labour control in the international automotive industry / Valeria Pulignano and Paul Stewart -- Lean production and quality of working life on the shop floor : the experience of British and Italian car workers / Andy Danford [and others] -- Lean production : the original myth reconsidered / Dan Coffey and Carole Thornley -- Scope for policymaking in a globalised economy : the case of car assembly in Belgium / Geert Van Hootegem and Rik Huys -- From lean production to mass customisation : recent developments in the Australian automotive industry / Richard Cooney and Graham Sewell -- Labour relations in the modular system : ten years of the VW experience at Resende, Brazil / José Ricardo Ramalho and Elaine Marlova V. Francisco -- The quest for flexibility in the Mexican auto parts industry : three tales from a multinational company / Christian Lévesque.
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An examination of the form and character of recent transformations in the international automobile industry. Using comparative and national-based case study analysis, it explores the nature of such recent developments and their impact on issues in the sector on a world scale.
Flexibility at work.
Automobile industry and trade-- Management.
Automobile industry and trade-- Production control.
Automobile industry workers.
Industrial relations.
Automobile industry and trade-- Management.
Automobile industry and trade-- Production control.