Kenichi Shinohara (Japan Kyoto Sangyo University)

Work Organizational Reforms and Employment Relations in the Automotive Industry

American Employment Relations in Transition

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book sheds insights on GM's failed attempt through the analysis of work organization reforms and labor-management relations on production-system efficiency. The book will be a useful reference for those interested in comparative study of management styles and better understanding of Japanese manufacturing practices.

Produktdetails

• Routledge Focus on Business and Management
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 96
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Januar 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 138mm x 216mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 152g
• ISBN-13: 9781032252728
• ISBN-10: 1032252723
• Artikelnr.: 69790749

Autorenporträt

Kenichi Shinohara is Professor at the Division of Business Administration, Kyoto Sangyo University, Japan.

Inhaltsangabe

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