Life on the line in contemporary manufacturing: the workplace experience of lean production and the 'Japanese' model

Abstract

1. Contemporary Manufacturing and Workplace Relations 2. Researching the Shop-Floor: The Cases of Valleyco and Nippon CTV 3. The Process of Management Control at Nippon CTV 4. The Process of Management Control at Valleyco 5. What Do Workers Do? Patterns of Negotiated Order 6. Why Do Workers Do What They Do? Evidence of High Commitment 7. More than a Pair of Hands? Worker Involvement in what they Do and how they Do it 8. The Role of Organized Labour 9. Management and Labour on the 'New' Shop-Floor 10. A Reappraisal of Contemporary Manufacturing and the 'Japanese' Model