United Kingdom: Electronics Assembly

Tetsuji Kawamura

Chapter 4 in The Hybrid Factory in Europe, 2004, pp 75-99 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract This and the next chapter analyse the operations of Japanese-affiliated car and electronics assemblers in the UK in the late 1990s. Our research has shown that the UK offers better conditions for the local application of Japanese management and production systems than does Continental Europe. The most important reason for this is that British labour-management relations underwent a profound change under the Thatcher government from the late 1970s, when the weakening of the craft-based trade unions and to rigid labour practices including that had long characterized the industrial system in the UK eventually gave rise to a management environment that was suitable for the transfer of Japanese management and production systems.

Keywords: Production Worker; Video Equipment; Maintenance Staff; Shop Steward; Thatcher Government (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230523654_4

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