About the Book
This book is a cutting-edge look inside the 'factory of the future' based upon a detailed real-life survey of workers at Motorola, a leading microelectronics firm. Providing an in-depth account of new forms of work organization and the impact of Japanese management techniques on shopfloor life and worker attitudes, it covers topics such as:
- teamworking
- competitiveness, flexibility and work organization
- the radical decentralization of routine decision-making
- corporate strategy and HRM.