The Swedish Version of Group Work the Future Model of Work Organization in the Engineering Sector?

Auer, Peter; Riegler, Claudius H.

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“…For more detail, see Riegler 1990a and1990b. 14 These ideas were developed by experts at the Tavistock Institute in Britain (Trist and Bamforth) and then elaborated by Scandinavian researchers such as Thorsrud (1972). Until the 1970s, Swedish industrial relations were based largely on the Saltsjobaden agreement of 1938, in which employers and unions agreed to strive for the peaceful settlement of industrial conflicts and employers retained the exclusive right to organize production at the workplace.…”

Section: A Long History Of Group Work In the Swedish Auto Industrymentioning

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A Diversity of New Work Organization: Human-centered, Lean and In-between

Turner¹,

Auer²

1996

Social Reconstructions of the World Automobile Industry

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Lean production, from Toyota, is said to be paradigmatic for future production organization in the auto industry. This article challenges that view. Case studies at auto plants in the U.S., Germany, and Sweden show a wide diversity of developing new work organization. Not only are there differences across countries, there are also substantial and persistent variations across firms and even individual plants. No single model of production is yet emerging from this diversity. Although there are common elements such as team and group work, just-in-time delivery, and "total quality management", the actual shape of new work organization depends on a variety of factors including industrial relations, training systems, and labor market conditions.

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Section: A Long History Of Group Work In the Swedish Auto Industrymentioning

confidence: 99%