After Lean Production
Subtitle: Evolving Employment Practices in the World Auto Industry (Cornell International Industrial and Labor Relations Report)
Contributors: Thomas A. Kochan (Editor); Russell D. Lansbury (Editor); John Paul Macduffie (Editor)
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: September 1997
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 349
ISBN-13: 9780801433825
Subjects: Industrial relations; Road vehicle manufacturing industry; Labor Market; Business/Economics; Automobile Industries (Economic Aspects); Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Labor; Industries - General; Corporate & Business History - General; Automobile industry workers; Employment
First sentence: For more than two decades, participants in the automobile industry worldwide have been struggling to adjust to increasing international competition, changing consumer tastes, and new approaches to organizing production and associated employment practices.