Alternatives to Lean Production: Work Organization in the Swedish Auto Industry

1995 ◽  
Vol 36 ◽  
pp. 390
Author(s):  
Wallace Clement ◽  
Christian Berggren
Keyword(s):  
Lean Production ◽  
Work Organization ◽  
Auto Industry

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

1994 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 204
Author(s):  
John Paul MacDuffie ◽  
Christian Berggren
Keyword(s):  
Lean Production ◽  
Work Organization ◽  
Auto Industry

scholarly journals Berggren, Christian, Alternatives to Lean Production. Work Organization in the Swedish Auto Industry

1993 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 374
Author(s):  
Martin Dumas
Keyword(s):  
Lean Production ◽  
Work Organization ◽  
Auto Industry

Alternatives to Lean Production: Work Organization in the Swedish Auto Industry

1993 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 1293-1297
Author(s):  
John W. Mogab
Keyword(s):  
Lean Production ◽  
Work Organization ◽  
Auto Industry

scholarly journals Decentralized Bargaining in a Globalizing Industry

2006 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Russell D. Lansbury ◽  
Chris F. Wright ◽  
Marian Baird
Keyword(s):  
Lean Production ◽  
Work Organization ◽  
Employment Relations ◽  
Skill Formation ◽  
Global Trends ◽  
Automotive Assembly ◽  
Enterprise Governance ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Decentralized Bargaining

This paper examines the impact of enterprise bargaining on employment relations practices in the Australia automotive assembly sector in the context of the globalization of the industry. While there has been convergence towards lean production principles among the four auto assemblers, arising from global trends, there has also been divergence resulting from enterprise bargaining, among other variables. Strong similarities are apparent between the companies in areas such as work organization, skill formation and enterprise governance, whereas there are differences in remuneration and staffing practices. However, it remains to be seen whether decentralized bargaining will continue to yield greater differentiation in employment relations among the automotive manufacturers in an increasingly globalized industry.

Do Workers Benefit from Lean Production and similar New Systems of Work Organization

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charley Richardson ◽  
Nancy Lessin
Keyword(s):  
Lean Production ◽  
Work Organization

Lean Production and Labor Controls in the Chinese Automobile Industry in An Age of Globalization

2008 ◽  
Vol 73 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lu Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Automobile Industry ◽  
Labor Relations ◽  
Lean Production ◽  
Auto Industry ◽  
Shop Floor ◽  
High Turnover ◽  
Automobile Assembly ◽  
Workplace Experiences ◽  
The One ◽  
Chinese Automobile Industry

AbstractThis article explores the changing workplace and labor-management relations in the Chinese automobile industry under the influence of globalization and China's market reform. It depicts the everyday working lives of Chinese autoworkers and the shop-floor dynamics of labor relations based on the author's intensive fieldwork at the seven major automobile assembly enterprises in China during 2004–2007.The main findings of this paper are that, in spite of the generalized lean production and homogenization of workplace experiences of Chinese autoworkers, two different models of labor controls have emerged in the Chinese auto industry: “lean-and-dual” and “lean-and-mean.” On the one hand, under the lean-and-dual regime, management adopts labor force dualism by using both formal contract workers and agency workers on production lines side by side, which leads to a “hybrid” factory regime that combines both “hegemonic” and “despotic” elements. Hegemonic relations have been established between management and formal workers based on high wages, generous benefits, better working conditions, and relatively secure employment for formal workers, while “despotic” labor control characterizes the conditions for temporary agency workers with lower wages and insecure employment.On the other hand, the lean-and-mean type of auto firms adopt a high-wage, high-turnover strategy of lean production without the promise of job security to their entire workforce. The interventionist roles of the Chinese central and local states in regulating labor relations and the roles of managerial staff, factory unions, and factory party committees in building hegemonic consent among workers in the auto industry are also explored. The paper concludes by discussing the potentials and limits of Chinese autoworkers and the likely roles they are to play in the evolution of labor relations under China's current market transition and globalization.

Lean Production and Changing Employment Relations in the International Auto Industry

1997 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 597-620 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas A. Kochan ◽  
Russell D. Lansbury
Keyword(s):  
Lean Production ◽  
Auto Industry ◽  
Employment Relations

Characteristics of work organization in lean production and sociotechnical systems

1996 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 77-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Willem Niepce ◽  
Eric Molleman
Keyword(s):  
Lean Production ◽  
Work Organization ◽  
Sociotechnical Systems
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