Inside the Ford-UAW transformation : pivotal events in valuing work and delivering results / Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld, Dan Brooks, and Martin Mulloy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cutcher-Gershenfeld, Joel, author.

Brooks, Dan, author.

Mulloy, Martin (Business writer), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Industrial relations--United States.

Industrial relations.

Automobile industry and trade--United States.

Automobile industry and trade.

Automobile industry workers--Labor unions--United States.

Automobile industry workers.

Collective bargaining--United States.

Collective bargaining.

Labor unions--United States.

Labor unions.

Ford Motor Company.

International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (409 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : The MIT Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

How the partnership between Ford and the UAW, forged through more than fifty pivotal events, transformed their capacity to combine good jobs with high performance.

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Pivotal Events: Introduction and Industry Context; 2 The Case for Change; 3 Dignity of Work; 4 Business Fundamentals; 5 Knowledge-Driven Work; 6 Negotiated Change; 7 Joint Alignment; 8 Integrated Operating Systems; 9 True North: Good Jobs and High Performance; Postscript: How We Wrote the Book; List of Pivotal Events and Supporting Materials by Chapter; Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Terminology; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld - Brandeis University faculty.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

OCLC:

908551114