Between Fordism and Flexibility
Published on 1. January 1992
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-0-85496-312-6 (ISBN)
Description
A survey of the development of the automobile industry from its origins to the present in a perspective informed by current upheavals in markets, technology and work organization. The volume examines the international diffusion of the Fordist model, Fordism being the manufacture of standardized products using special-purpose machinery and unskilled labour. The book goes on to consider how far the recent changes in the industry mark a break with Fordism and draws on the implications for industrial relations and trade union strategy
Reviews / Votes
'... an exciting panorama of the history of the world's auto industry labour/management relations ... The quality and breadth of its empirical research makes it near unique.'Business HistoryMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
565 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-85496-312-6 (9780854963126)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Jonathan Zeitlin and Steven Tolliday
Content
Part 1 The rise of Fordism: Management and labour in Britain 1896-1939; management and labour in France 1914-39; management and labour in Italy 1906-45. Part 2 Industrial relations in the age of Fordism: Shop-floor bargaining, contract unionism and job control - an Anglo-American comparison; Reutherism on the shop floor - union strategy and shop-floor conflict in the USA 1946-70; the rise and fall of shop-floor bargaining at Fiat 1945-80; industrial relations in the Japanese automobile industry 1945-70 - the case of Toyota. Part 3 Beyond Fordism?: The automobile industry in transition - product market changes and firm strategies in the 1970s and 1980s; product and labour strategies in Japan; the new international division of labour, labour markets and automobile production - the case of Mexico; new production concepts in West German car plants; recent developments in US auto labour relations; labour-relations strategy at BL cars.