Breaking from Taylorism

• 1. The restructuring of the world automobile industry: opportunities for new forms of work; 2. Changing markets and the rise of Toyotism: the development of the national car industries since the 1970s; 3. Company strategies for answering the challenges; 4. Industrial relations in the process of change; 5. Reorganising quality control - between pressure for efficiency and a job enrichment orientation; 6. Coping with new technology: skilled workers between specialisation and flexibilisation; 7. Regulating work performance and plant efficiency: changes in control and structures of work; 8. Comparative achievements in labour productivity and changes in personnel structures: trends and development patterns; 9. Tapping new resources: skill levels and worker participation; 10. Is the assembly line obsolete?; 11. Modern times in the automobile factory: trends toward new forms of work

"There are extensive sections on levels of productivity, quality indices, and ratios of direct and indirect labour which speak to the goals and interests of management. It deserves the attention of those concerned with the future of work. It points to the need for studies which focus on workers' assessment of change." Labour