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British Factory Japanese Factory: The Origins of National Diversity in Industrial Relations book cover

1st Edition

British Factory Japanese Factory The Origins of National Diversity in Industrial Relations

By Ronald Dore Copyright 2011
480 Pages
by Routledge

468 Pages
by Routledge

The Japanese way of work is notoriously ‘different’. But is it Japan or Britain which is the odd man out? When originally published this was the first book to explore the real differences, through a point-by-point comparison of two Japanese factories with two British ones making similar products. In the first half of the book this comparison is pursued in systematic detail and clear illustration... Read more

Part 1: The Factories  1. Four Factories: A First Look  2. The Workers: Who They Are, How They Are Recruited and Trained  3. Wages  4. Unions: Membership and Organization 5. Industrial Relations: Mainly England  6. Industrial Relations: Mainly Japan  7. Industrial Relations: Summary  8. The Enterprise as Community  9. Authority, Function and Status  10. Two Employment Systems  11. Some Implications  Part 2: Convergence?  12. The ‘Japanese Employment System’ and Recent Trends of Change  13. Britain Catching Up? Part Three: The Past and the Future  14. The Origins of the Japanese Employment System  15. Late Development Appendix: The Survey  Index.

Biography

Ronald Dore

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