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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460778303321

Autore

Cutcher-Gershenfeld Joel

Titolo

Inside the Ford-UAW transformation : pivotal events in valuing work and delivering results / / Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld, Dan Brooks, and Martin Mulloy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Massachusetts ; ; London, England : , : The MIT Press, , 2015

©2015

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (409 p.)

Disciplina

331.88/1292220973

Soggetti

Industrial relations - United States

Automobile industry and trade - United States

Automobile industry workers - Labor unions - United States

Collective bargaining - United States

Labor unions - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld - Brandeis University faculty.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Pivotal Events: Introduction and Industry Context; 2 The Case for Change; 3 Dignity of Work; 4 Business Fundamentals; 5 Knowledge-Driven Work; 6 Negotiated Change; 7 Joint Alignment; 8 Integrated Operating Systems; 9 True North: Good Jobs and High Performance; Postscript: How We Wrote the Book; List of Pivotal Events and Supporting Materials by Chapter; Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Terminology; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

How the partnership between Ford and the UAW, forged through more than fifty pivotal events, transformed their capacity to combine good jobs with high performance.