1st Edition
Work Organizational Reforms and Employment Relations in the Automotive Industry American Employment Relations in Transition
By Kenichi Shinohara
Copyright 2022
110 Pages
9 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
110 Pages
9 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
110 Pages
9 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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General Motors (GM)'s attempt to adapt the renowned Toyota production system for its own automotive manufacturing plants had historically produced disappointing results. Why was it not sufficiently successful? This book aims to shed insights into GM's failed attempt through the analysis of work organization reforms and labor-management relations on production-system efficiency.
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1. Achievements and problems in American work organizational reform: A case study of the automobile industry 2. The development of seniority rights and establishment of rules for job transfer and promotion in the United States: General Motors Corporation 3. Work organization reform (1): The case of General Motors Plant A 4. Work organization reform (2) 5. GM’s Global Manufacturing System (GMS) and the union 6. Conclusion
Biography
Kenichi Shinohara is Professor at the Division of Business Administration, Kyoto Sangyo University, Japan.
