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Routledge Japanese Management Techniques and British Workers

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Explore the complex relationship between Japanese management styles and the British workforce with this academic study from Routledge. Part of the Routledge Studies in Employment and Work Relations in Context, this text examines how Japanese-style techniques like lean production, teamworking, and kaizen (continuous improvement) influenced industrial operations in South Wales. Through an investigation of 15 Japanese transplants, the book analyzes the organization of the labor process and employment relations. It looks at how workplace restructuring affected both individual workers and collective labor organizations. By incorporating descriptions of shop-floor observations, the text provides a realistic look at factory life during the 1990s. This is an essential resource for those studying business and economic history, labor relations, or the evolution of manufacturing management.

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Analyzes the impact of Japanese management styles including lean production, teamworking, and kaizen on British workers.

Investigates employment relations and labor processes within 15 Japanese transplant companies located in South Wales.

Examines how the restructuring of workplace relations affects individual workers and collective labor organization.

Provides a historical look at factory life during the 1990s through detailed shop-floor observations.

Part of the professional Routledge Studies in Employment and Work Relations in Context series.

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Brand: Routledge
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 0720123682
Category: Books > Subjects > Business, Finance & Law > Biographies & Histories > Business & Economic History
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 18 December 1998
Listed Since: 14 February 2007

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