Learning from Saturn
Rubinstein, Saul A.; Kochan, Thomas A.
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Description for Learning from Saturn
hardcover. Series: ILR Press Books. Num Pages: 176 pages, 11. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBL; KJU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 399.
The last two decades of the twentieth century were a tumultuous time of innovation for business and labor. Perhaps the boldest and most far-reaching experiment in industry was the creation of the Saturn Corporation. Working together as partners, the UAW and General Motors built a new small car in Spring Hill, Tennessee, with American suppliers and American workers. Saturn's locally designed manufacturing system featured self-directed teams and the integration of union representatives into management's strategic and operational decision-making processes.
Saul A. Rubinstein and Thomas A. Kochan have followed the Saturn story since its beginning in 1983. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Series
ILR Press Books
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780801438738
SKU
V9780801438738
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About Rubinstein, Saul A.; Kochan, Thomas A.
Saul A. Rubinstein is Assistant Professor in the School of Management and Labor Relations at Rutgers University. Thomas A. Kochan is the George M. Bunker Professor of Work and Employment Relations at MIT's Sloan School of Management. His previous books include After Lean Production and The Transformation of American Industrial Relations, also from Cornell.
Reviews for Learning from Saturn
Learning From Saturn is a very nice and concise account of the Saturn process.... Labor relations policymakers, both in the private and public sectors, should read this book.
Henry P. Guzda
Monthly Labor Review
This book is about the innovative Saturn experiment, America's most thoroughgoing attempt to restructure the entire production and distribution as well as industrial ... Read more
Henry P. Guzda
Monthly Labor Review
This book is about the innovative Saturn experiment, America's most thoroughgoing attempt to restructure the entire production and distribution as well as industrial ... Read more