Manufacturing advantage : why high-performance work systems pay off / Eileen Appelbaum [and others].

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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2000.
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xii, 259 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

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      "Based on their visits to 44 plants and surveys of more than 4,000 employees, Eileen Appelbaum, Thomas Bailey, Peter Berg, and Arne L. Kalleberg concluded that companies are indeed more successful when managers share knowledge and power with workers and when workers assume increased responsibility and discretion." "The study of steel, apparel, and medical electronics and imaging plants revealed much. In self-directed teams, workers were able to eliminate bottlenecks and coordinate the work process. In task forces created to improve quality, they communicated with individuals outside their own work groups and were able to solve problems. Expensive equipment in steel mills operated with fewer interruptions, turnaround and labor costs were cut in apparel factories, and costly inventories of components and medical equipment were reduced." "Manufacturing Advantage provides the best assessment available of the effectiveness of high-performance work systems. Freestanding chapters near the end of the book provide full documentation of research data without interrupting the narrative flow."--Jacket.
      Bibliographic references
      Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-246) and index.
      Contents
      • Manufacturing in the twenty-first century
      • Discretionary effort and the organization of work
      • Market dynamics and work organization in the steel industry
      • Market dynamics and work organization in the apparel industry
      • Market dynamics and work organization in the medical electronic instruments and imaging industry
      • Workplace transformation and its effects on plants and workers
      • Measuring the components of a high-performance work system
      • Performance effects of high-performance work systems
      • High-performance work systems and worker outcomes
      • Effect of high-performance practices on earnings
      • Work systems and productivity growth.
      ISBN
      • 0801437652 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
      • 9780801437656 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
      • 0801486556 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
      • 9780801486555 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
      LCCN
      99048690
      OCLC
      42454381
      International Article Number
      • 9780801437656
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