Teamwork in the Automobile Industry - an Anglo-German Comparison
(2003) Teamwork in the Automobile Industry - an Anglo-German Comparison . European Political Economy Review 1(2):pp. 152-190.
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Abstract
Teamwork in the automotive industry varies significantly from plant to plant. This article compares teamwork in four automobile plants in Germany and Britain, and addresses two questions: (1) Do different models of teamwork fit into a bi-polar model of teamwork, being either innovative or structural conservative? (2) Do current models of teamwork signify a development towards post-fordism, or are they merely part of a neo-fordist rationalisation of production? The following answers are suggested: (1) Teamwork in different motor-car plants cannot be categorised in a bi-polar model; rather do they represent a continuum. (2) Teamwork moves manufacturing away from traditional taylorist models of production, but does not over-come Taylorism altogether.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Public Domain: | No |
| Refereed: | No |
| Status: | Published |
| Authors, Individual: | Wergin, Niels-Erik. |
| Editors: | Schwarzer, Daniela and Tulmets, Elsa. |
| Title: | Teamwork in the Automobile Industry - an Anglo-German Comparison |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher: | European Political-Economy Infrastructure Consortium (EPIC) |
| Publication: | European Political Economy Review |
| Journals and Series: | Journals > European Political Economy Review |
| Volume: | 1 |
| Number: | 2 |
| Pages: | pp. 152-190 |
| Year: | 2003 |
| Subjects: | Countries > U.K. Countries > Germany EU policies and themes > Policies & related activities > economic and financial affairs > business/private economic activity |
| Alternative Locations: | http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/EPER/vol1/no2/wergin.pdf |
| ID Code: | 6044 |
| Deposited By: | Wilkin, Phil |
| Deposited On: | 23 March 2006 |
