Life on the line in contemporary manufacturing
Subtitle: the workplace experience of lean production and the "Japanese" model
By: Rick Delbridge.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
Subjects: Industrial sociology -- Great Britain -- Case studies.; Industrial management -- Great Britain -- Case studies.; Just-in-time systems -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- Case studies.
Genres: Case studies.
Other titles: Workplace experience of lean production and the "Japanese" model
Description: In a long tradition of ethnographic research in industrial sociology and management/labour studies, this text raises a number of important issues about the best ways to understand the complex and changing nature of work.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-224) and index.