摘要:

The traditional system of managing corporate manpower resources in Japan has fostered incremental innovation, diversification and organic growth. The establishment of R&D labs for frontier research has brought debate about the need to reform, or even abandon, traditional methods. The evidence to date suggests marginal rather than wholesale change.

ISSN:0268-1072    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-005X.1991.tb00127.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1991

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

This article analyses the impact of just‐in‐time production on the three resources of machines, materials and people, and suggests that JIT entails a redistribution of slack between these resources. The impact of JIT on an organization's human resources is particularly problematical; pressures towards both increased variety and intensity of work are appar

ISSN:0268-1072    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-005X.1991.tb00128.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1991

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

High technology industry in the US and Japan can be thought of as distinct organizational models. Here the authors examine the historical evolution, major characteristics, and benefits and costs of these different models. This leads to the conclusion that organizational factors exert a powerful influence on the ability of firms, industries and nations to adapt to new technology‐intensive industrie

ISSN:0268-1072    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-005X.1991.tb00129.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1991

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

This article examines the implications of the restructuring of the textile industry. In particular, the interlinked themes of technical change, employment restructuring and gender divisions are explored. The tensions which exist between production process and labour process transformations are considered, and a possible policy framework is offered.

ISSN:0268-1072    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-005X.1991.tb00130.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1991

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

Since the 1984–85 strike, British Coal has pursued its corporate objectives by restructuring operations, introducing new technology and intensifying work. The reconstruction of industrial relations which has accompanied these changes is analysed with particular emphasis on developments at colliery leve

ISSN:0268-1072    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-005X.1991.tb00131.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1991

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

Here the authors examine the role of computer networks on organisations engaged in textile and clothing manufacture. The results reveal that companies with a computer network performed significantly better than those without, both in terms of growth in employment and return on sales over the period 1985–

ISSN:0268-1072    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-005X.1991.tb00132.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1991

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

Book reviewed in this articleInnovation in Technology and OrganizationUnpacking the Clothing Industry: Gender, Racism and Class in ProductionComputer Systems Development: history, organisation and implementationEnvisioning A Sustainable Society: Learning Our Way OutComputers, Jobs and Skills: The Industrial Relations of Technological ChangeDeveloping Skills with Information TechnologyMaintaining Information Systems in OrganisationsHostile Brothers: Competition and Closure in the European Electronics Industry

ISSN:0268-1072    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-005X.1991.tb00133.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1991

数据来源: WILEY