
Global Japanization?
The Transnational Transformation of the Labour Process
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 8. September 2010
Book
Hardback
410 pages
978-0-415-58016-8 (ISBN)
Description
Global Japaniziation? Brings together research from North America, Japan, Europe and Latin America to analyse the influence of Japanese manufacturing investment and Japanese working practices across the global economy. The editors present original case studies of work reorganization and workers' experiences within both Japanese companies and those of their competitors in diverse sectors and national settings. These studies provide a wide-ranging critique of conventional accounts of Japanese models of management and production, and their implications for employees. They offer new evidence and fresh perspectives on the role of "transplants" in disseminating manufacturing innovations, and on the responses of non-Japanese firm in reorganizing production operations and industrial relations.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
General, Postgraduate, Professional, and Undergraduate
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
787 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-58016-8 (9780415580168)
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Persons
Tony Elger, Chris Smith
Content
Part 1: The Japanese Model Prologue 1. Global Japanization? Convergence and Competition in the Organization of the Labour Process Tony Elger and Chris Smith 2. How Far from Japan? A Case Study of Japanese Press Shop Practice and Management Calculation Karel Williams, Itsutomo Mitsui and Colin Haslam 3. "Japanese Management" and the "Loaning" of Labour: Restructuring in the Japanese Iron and Steel Industry Toshiko Kamada Part 2: Transplants, Transfer and Adaptation Prologue 4. How Does the Japanese Model Transfer to the United States? A View from the Line Laurie Graham 5. Reunifying Conception and Execution of Work Under Japanese Production Management? A Canadian Case Study James Rinehart, David Robertson, Christopher Huxley and Jeff Wareham 6. Understanding the Transfer of Japanese Management Practices: the Australian Case