Alternatives to Lean Production : Work Organization in the Swedish Auto Industry / Christian Berggren.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Berggren, Christian, author.

Series:

Cornell international industrial and labor relations reports ; Number 22.

Cornell International Industrial and Labor Relations Reports

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Volvo, Aktiebolaget--Management.

Volvo, Aktiebolaget.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 286 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

Second Edition, With a New Introduction

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The Swedish auto industry has developed a distinct production design and work organization, exploring alternatives to the assembly line and to the traditional shop-floor hierarchy, with a model of teamwork that increases independent decision making and elicits strong union commitment. Berggren evaluates in detail the reorganization of work within the Swedish auto industry from 1970 to 1990. In his introduction to the new edition, he explores the significance of Volvo's decision to close its two most innovative plants.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction to the Paperback Edition

Preface

1. The Assembly-Line Regime and the Volvo Trajectory

2. The Evolution and Transplantation of Toyotism

3. The Swedish Automotive Industry: Small-Scale Car Makers, Global Truck Producers

4. Pressures for Change: The Labor Market and Trade Unions

5. Organizational and Technical Design of Swedish Automotive Assembly

6. Competitive "Craft Work" in Two Bus Plants

7. Pioneers in Car and Truck Assembly: Volvo Kalmar and Volvo LB

8. Innovations in Uddevalla, Stalemate in Gothenburg

9. Methodological Problems in Comparing Working Conditions

10. The Degrading Monotony of the Assembly Line

11. Assembly Designs and Working Conditions: A Five-Plant Comparison

12. Shop-Floor Power and the Dynamics of Group Work

13. Toward Postlean Production

Notes

References

Index

About the Author

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 20. Jun 2019)

ISBN:

9781501722165

1501722166

OCLC:

1105861716