Teamwork in General Motors Brazil (GMB): What is Changing in the Organisation of Work?

Roberto Marx and Mario Sergio Salerno

Chapter Chapter 6 in Teamwork in the Automobile Industry, 1999, pp 151-170 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Since 1990, the Brazilian automotive industry has been revitalised for a variety of reasons. Already established companies (Ford, GM, VM, Fiat, Scania, Volvo and Mercedes-Benz) and possible newcomers (Renault, Kia, Honda, Toyota, Mercedes-Benz car division) are planning investments in new plants or in brownfield modernisation owing to a growing demand in the country itself and in the Mercosul market as a whole (which joins Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay and Argentina in a common market). The reduction of import tariffs has made international competition both a reality and a pressure for more competitive products and organisational processes, giving rise to a very different environment from that which has existed since the 1970s.

Keywords: Trade Union; Automobile Industry; General Motor; Work Content; Restructuring Process (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1999
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-14933-9_7

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