Significant Cultural Transformations in the Automotive Industry

Elizabeth K. Briody, Robert T. Trotter and Tracy L. Meerwarth
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Elizabeth K. Briody: Michigan State University, Northern Arizona University, Wayne State University
Robert T. Trotter: Northern Arizona University
Tracy L. Meerwarth: Consolidated Bearings Co.

Chapter Chapter 2 in Transforming Culture, 2010, pp 15-48 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The manufacturing history of Europe, the United States, and the world is an intertwined flow of cultural transformations. Understanding the broad sweep of those transformations is an excellent way to explore current patterns because any cultural transformation has three elements that define it, explain it, and predict where it will end up. These elements are a history, a present configuration, and future potential. A famous aphorism states, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” In both the social sciences and in most human relationships, the things a person has done in the past are often the best predictors of future behavior. Unfortunately, being the best predictor is not necessarily synonymous with being a reliable predictor, only the most reliable predictor we have. People, cultures, and environments can change in unanticipated directions that make the future less certain.

Keywords: Machine Tool; Mass Production; Assembly Line; Automotive Industry; Quality Network (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230106178_2

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