Assembling work : remaking factory regimes in Japanese multinationals in Britain /

Japanese manufacturing firms established in Britain have often been portrayed as carriers of Japanese corporate best practice for work and employment. In this book, the authors challenge these views through case study research, undertaken at several Japanese manufacturing plants in Britain during th...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Elger
Weitere Verfasser:
Smith, Chris, Tony
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Zusammenfassung:
Japanese manufacturing firms established in Britain have often been portrayed as carriers of Japanese corporate best practice for work and employment. In this book, the authors challenge these views through case study research, undertaken at several Japanese manufacturing plants in Britain during the 1990s.The authors argue that in actual fact production and employment regimes are adapted and 're-made' in a number of ways, responding to specific corporate and local contexts. In particular, they focus upon the ways in which Japanese and British managers have sought to construct distinctive work
Umfang:
1 online resource (425 pages)
Anmerkungen:
Description based upon print version of record.
Anmerkungen:
English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [375]-392) and index.
ISBN:
0-19-152912-5
9786610753512
1-4294-8880-8
1-280-75351-X
Schlagworte:
Corporations, Japanese > Great Britain.
Foreign subsidiaries > Great Britain.
Manufacturing industries > Great Britain > Foreign ownership.
Industrial relations > Great Britain.
Industrial management > Japan.
International business enterprises.
Globalization.
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