General Motors (GM)'s attempt to adapt the renowned Toyota production system for its own automotive manufacturing plants had historically produced disappointing

Describes work organization, skill formation, remuneration systems, staffing arrangements and employment security, and enterprise governance and employee-manage

Examines the controversial Japanese model of lean production and its impact on work and workers in the global auto industry.

This book examines the form and character of the internationalisation of employee relations in the automobile industry. It goes on to examine the impact of the

Nearly every country that produces cars views the automobile industry as strategically important because of its direct economic significance and because it serv