Routledge Research in Employment Relations
1 primary work • 3 total works
Book 7
This book is a cutting-edge look inside the 'factory of the future' based upon a detailed real-life survey of workers at Motorola, a leading microelectronics firm. Providing an in-depth account of new forms of work organization and the impact of Japanese management techniques on shopfloor life and worker attitudes, it covers topics such as:
- teamworking
- competitiveness, flexibility and work organization
- the radical decentralization of routine decision-making
- corporate strategy and HRM.
Foucault, Governmentality, and Organization
by Alan McKinlay and Philip Taylor
This book traces how abstract managerial ideas about maximizing production flexibility and employee freedom were translated into concrete, day-to-day practices at the Motorola plant in East Kilbride, UK. Using eyewitness accounts, the book describes how employees dealt with the increased freedom Motorola promoted amongst its employees, how employees adapted to managerial changes, specifically the elimination of large-scale management, and where the ‘managerless’ system came under strain. This book will be of essential reading for researchers, graduate students, and undergraduates interested in the areas of management studies, human resource management, and organizational studies, among others.
