Teamwork in the Automobile Industry

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xviii

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2. Introduction The Diversity of Employee Relationships

   1. Introduction The Diversity of Employee Relationships

      • Jean-Pierre Durand

      Pages 1-34

3. Japan — Touchstone of Change?

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 35-35

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   2. The Historic Reversal of the Division of Labour? The Second Stage of the Toyota Production System

      • Hikari Nohara

      Pages 37-53

   3. Nissan: Recent Evolution of Industrial Relations and Work Organisation

      • Ichiro Saga, Masanori Hanada

      Pages 54-82

4. The American Response — Different Paths, Different Goals?

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 83-83

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   2. Saturn: Re-engineering the New Industrial Relations

      • Guy Cornette

      Pages 85-106

   3. A Factory which remains Fordist: The Ford Dearborn Assembly Plant

      • Steve Babson, Jean-Pierre Durand, Paul Stewart

      Pages 107-125

   4. Teams at NUMMI

      • Paul S. Adler

      Pages 126-150

   5. Teamwork in General Motors Brazil (GMB): What is Changing in the Organisation of Work?

      • Roberto Marx, Mario Sergio Salerno

      Pages 151-170

5. Europe — Hesitations and Diversity

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 71-71

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   2. The Effectiveness of Tradition: Peugeot’s Sochaux Factory

      • Jean-Pierre Durand, Nicolas Hatzfeld

      Pages 173-201

   3. Transformations in the Teamwork at Renault

      • Michel Freyssenet

      Pages 202-217

   4. Teamwork and New Forms of Work Organisation in Fiat’s ‘Integrated Factory’

      • Arnaldo Camuffo, Stefano Micelli

      Pages 218-235

   5. The Negotiation of Change in the Evolution of the Workplace towards a New Production Model at Vauxhall (General Motors) UK

      • Paul Stewart

      Pages 236-253

   6. The Introduction of Teamwork at Rover Group’s Stamping Plant

      • Andrew Mair

      Pages 254-286

   7. Manufacturing the Organisation of Work of the Future: A Factory Leader in Engine Production — FASA—Renault, Spain

      • Juan José Castillo

      Pages 287-307

   8. Volvo—Ghent: A Third Way?

      • Rik Huys, Geert Van Hootegem

      Pages 308-324

6. Europe in Search of an Alternative Model

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 325-325

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   2. The Swedish Model of Lean Production: The Volvo and Saab Cases

      • Göran Brulin, Tommy Nilsson

      Pages 327-345

As one of the first sectors affected by the current phase of crisis in capital accumulation, the automobile industry has had much to learn and now has much to teach. A recognition of the great diversity of forms of adaptation introduced to face the uncertainties of the market, lead to the formation of GERPISA and its international programme of research on the emergence of new industrial models. This book, a product of that research, is a valuable and timely insight into the innovations and adjustments of some of the major vehicular manufacturers and through them into the future of industry as a whole.

• diversity
• innovation
• management
• organization
• production

• University of Paris-Evry, France

  Jean-Pierre Durand

• University of Wales, Cardiff, UK

  Paul Stewart

• University Complutense Madrid, Spain

  Juan José Castillo

JEAN-PIERRE DURAND is Professor of Sociology and Chair of the Centre de Recerches Pierre Naville at the University of Paris - Evry. He is the co-author of After Fordism (1997), with Robert Boyer and is a member of the International Steering Committee of GERPISA.

PAUL STEWART is a Research Fellow in Sociology of Work and Employment at the University of Wales, Cardiff. He is co-author of The Nissan Enigma (1992), with Phil Garrahan. He is published widely in the areas of Sociology of Work and the Labour Process and is a member of the International Steering Committee of GERPISA.

JUAN JOSE CASTILLO is Professor of Sociology of Work at the University Complutense Madrid. He is co-director and editor of the Journal of Sciologia del Trabajo. He is President of the Research Committee 30 Sociology of Work, International Sociological Association. He has written widely in the areas of the Sociology of Work and Employment. He is a member of the International Steering Committee of GERPISA.

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