1st Edition
Reforming the Russian Industrial Workplace International Management Standards meet the Soviet Legacy
By Elena Shulzhenko
Copyright 2017
212 Pages
by
Routledge
212 Pages
8 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
212 Pages
8 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Based on extensive original research, this book explores how far the Soviet pattern of industrial workplace organisation, characterised by a high level of management discretion, authoritarian control and the use of punitive methods on the shop-floor, has been replaced by internationally established practices, with a greater emphasis on a lean organisation and employee involvement in quality... Read more
1. Introduction
2. Evolving persistence: the socialist path of industrial work in Russia (1920s–80s)
3. Still there: the industrial workplace in Russia after the market reforms
4. The new times: international quality management standards in the Russian car industry
5. What about the workers? Impact of international quality management standards on the Russian industrial workplace
6. Conclusion
Biography
Elena Shulzhenko is a lecturer at the Department of Organization at Copenhagen Business School. She was formerly a researcher at the WZB Berlin Social Science Research Center.
