Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction to the Paperback Edition vii
4. Preface xi
5. 1. The Assembly-Line Regime and the Volvo Trajectory 1
6. 2. The Evolution and Transplantation of Toyotism 22
7. 3. The Swedish Automotive Industry: Small-Scale Car Makers, Global Truck Producers 56
8. 4. Pressures for Change: The Labor Market and Trade Unions 71
9. 5. Organizational and Technical Design of Swedish Automotive Assembly 90
10. 6. Competitive "Craft Work" in Two Bus Plants 101
11. 7. Pioneers in Car and Truck Assembly: Volvo Kalmar and Volvo LB 119
12. 8. Innovations in Uddevalla, Stalemate in Gothenburg 146
13. 9. Methodological Problems in Comparing Working Conditions 184
14. 10. The Degrading Monotony of the Assembly Line 194
15. 11. Assembly Designs and Working Conditions: A Five-Plant Comparison 206
16. 12. Shop-Floor Power and the Dynamics of Group Work 221
17. 13. Toward Postlean Production 232
18. Notes 257
19. References 267
20. Index 277
21. About the Author 287