1st Edition

Post-Fordism and Skill Theories and Perceptions

By Denise Thursfield Copyright 2000
232 Pages
by Routledge

232 Pages
by Routledge

232 Pages
by Routledge

This title was first published in 2000. An in-depth analysis of skill, core and periphery in the context of the firm and its wider economic and product market, management strategies, technology and gender. The book provides a unique model through which to explain the perceptions of those involved in production in the context of a shift from the Fordist to the post-Fordist production paradigm.

Contents: Introduction; Labour process theory, fordism and post-fordism; Skill, management strategies, technology and gender; The model; GlassCo; Electronics UK; Chemicals UK; The key conclusions; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.

Biography

Denise Thursfield