[PEN-L:5234] New book (fwd)

[D Shniad <shniad@xxxxxx>]

> Date:         Sat, 27 May 1995 20:31:00 +0100
> Sender: Forum on Labor in the Global Economy <LABOR-L%YORKVM1.BITNET@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> From: TERJE GRONNING <terje.gronning@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject:      New book
>
> I tried to post information about a new book perhaps is of interest, but
> it seems like the message was bounced back. Please forgive me if this
> turns out to be a double posting:
>
> Ake Sandberg (ed.) Enriching Production: Perspectives on
> Volvo's Uddevalla Plant as an Alternative to Lean Production, Aldershot,
> UK; Brookfield, USA; Hong Kong; Singapore; Sidney: Avebury /Ashgate
> Publishing Limited 1995 (ISBN 1 85972 106 0).
>
> Table of Contents:
>
> Preface
> The Book and its Authors
> Sandberg, Aake. The Uddevalla Experience in Perspective.
>
> Part I: Volvo's Innovative Uddevalla and Kalmar Plants.
> Ellegaard, Kajsa. The Creation of a New Production System at the Volvo
> Automobile Assembly Plant in Uddevalla, Sweden.
> Engstroem, Tomas & Medbo, Lars. Production System Design: A Brief
> Summary of Some Swedish Design Efforts.
> Nilsson, Lennart. The Uddevalla Plant: Why Did it Succeed with a
> Holistic Approach, and why did it come to an End?
> Sandberg, Thomas. Volvo Kalmar: Twice a Pioneer.
>
> Part II: The Performance of the Uddevalla Plant in a Comparative
> Perspective.
> Berggren, Christian. The Fate of the Branch Plants: Performance Versus
> Power.
> Blomgren, Henrik & Karlson, Bo. Assembly Skills, Process Engineering and
> Engineering Design.
> Clipson, Colin, Steen, Jesper, Toernquist, Anders & Ullmark, Peter.
> Building for New Production Concepts.
> Adler, Paul S. & Cole, Robert E. Designed for Learning: A Tale of Two
> Plants [Volvo Uddevalla and NUMMI].
> Hancke, Bob & Rubinstein, Saul. Limits to Innovation in Work
> Organization?
> Jurgens, Ulrich. Group Work and the Reception of Uddevalla in German Car
> Industry.
>
> Part III: Volvo Car Plants Internationally and the Alliance with
> Renault.
> Thompson, Paul & Wallace, Terry. Volvo Truck & Bus in the UK: The Clash
> of the Titans.
> Huys, Rik & Van Hootegem, Geert. Volvo Gent: A Japanese Transplant in
> Belgium or Beyond?
> Dankbaar, Ben. First DAF, then Volvo and now Mitsubishi.
> Sandberg, L. Anders. Missing the Road: Working Life at Volvo Nova
> Scotia.
> Yun, Hing Ai. Volvo in Malaysia.
> Freyssenet, Michel. The Origins of Team Work at Renault.
> Williams, Karel, Haslam, Colin & Johal, Sukhdev. Fait accompli? A
> Machiavellian Interpretation of the Renault-Volvo Merger.
>
> Part IV: Beyond Lean Production.
> Altmann, Norbert. Japanese Work Policy: Opportunity, Challenge or
> Threat?
> Jonsson, Dan. Lean Production in the Automobile Industry: Second
> Thoughts.
> Shimizu, Koichi. Humanization of the Production System and Work at
> Toyota Motor Co and Toyota Motor Kyushu.
> Groenning, Terje. Recent Developments at Toyota Motor Co: The Emergence
> of a 'Neo-Toyotism'?
> Lillrank, Paul. Social Preconditions for Lean Management and its Further
> Development.
> Auer, Peter. Lean Production: The Micro-macro Dimension, Employment and
> the Welfare State.
>
> -- Terje Gronning, Thorvald Meyersgate 36, N-0555 Oslo, Norway.
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