This book brings together original studies of the development of Japanese and - crucially - non-Japanese management in the automotive industry from around the world.

This work brings together original studies of the development of industry from around the world, including a total of nine country studies in the key production and consumption theatres - North and South America, Europe and Japan. It offers new perspectives for all those concerned with the impact of new management arrangements on both employees and management alike.

Introduction: beyond Japan, beyond consensus? From Japanese
management to lean production, Paul Stewart
a fallen idol?
Japanese management in the 1990s, Colin Haslam et al
the changing nature of Japanese production systems in the 1990s and issues for labour studies, Koichi Ogasawara, Hirofumi Ueda
working conditions under lean production - a work-based benchmarking study, Wayne Lewchuk, David Robertson
a new model Ford? Steve Babson
new manufacturing strategies and labour in Latin America, John Humphrey
Volvo - a force for Fordist retrenchment or innovation in the automobile industry? Kajsa Ellegard
the competitivity of the automobile industry - the French way, Jean-Pierre Durand
reactions to the crisis - job losses, shortened working week, income losses and business, re-engineering in the German auto industry, Ulrich Bochum, C. Dorrenbacher
Taylorism, lean production and the automotive industry, Mike Rawlinson, Peter Wells.