Skill Formation in Engineers—Learning by Improvisation

Hyung Je Jo (), Jun Ho Jeong () and Chulsik Kim ()
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Hyung Je Jo: University of Ulsan
Jun Ho Jeong: Kangwon National University
Chulsik Kim: The Academy of Korean Studies

Chapter Chapter 3 in Agile Against Lean, 2023, pp 119-146 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter explains how the Korean economy has taken a different path from Japan through the lens of the automobile industry, with a focus on the skills of engineers. Since Hyundai Motor’s launching of a large-scale pilot center in 2003, the company has carved a development path clearly that differs from the Japanese production system. The collective skill of Hyundai Motor’s engineers is an improvisational and intensive problem-solving capability in which improvisation takes precedence over routine. The capability of engineers to solve problems is highlighted more clearly because Hyundai Motor does not expect active participation from workers due to confrontational labor–management relations.

Keywords: Skill formation; Engineers; Pilot center; Improvisation; Production engineering (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1007/978-981-99-2042-6_3

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