On the Line at Subaru-Isuzu: The Japanese Model and the American Worker / Edition 1

by Laurie Graham

Overview

Examines American auto workers' performance and attitudes in Indiana's non-union Subaru-Isuzu plant, which employs Japanese management techniques.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780875463469
Publisher:	Cornell University Press
Publication date:	06/09/1995
Pages:	184
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.56(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

What People are Saying About This

Sharryn Kasmir

On the Line at Subaru-Isuzu is a good case study of the new auto factory....worthwhile reading.

Editorial Reviews

"On the Line at Subaru-Isuzu is a good case study of the new auto factory. . . .worthwhile reading."--Sharryn Kasmir, Department of Anthropology, Hofstra University. Science and Society. Fall 2000. Vol. 64, No. 3.

From the Publisher

Graham (sociology, Purdue Univ.) worked in the Subaru-Isuzu nonunion plant near Lafayette, Indiana, for six months, keeping covert records of her experiences and those of her co-workers. Her book explains Japanese management strategies, which center production on work teams and emphasize output; it also takes on U.S. worker responses, worker/management cooperation, and coersion vs. consent. The work's seven chapters address topics such as the Japanese model debate, worker selection, orientation and training, the work setting, thinking like an associate, and working like a worker and depicts voices from the floorreporting what some of Graham's co-workers reported. A scholarly account that is particularly recommended for students and academics of contemporary labor and industrial relations.Joseph W. Leonard, Miami Univ., Oxford, Ohio

Library Journal

Graham (labor studies, Indiana U.) presents her findings as a participant/observer at Subaru-Isuzu Automotive, a nonunion Japanese automobile transplant in Indiana, drawing on covert records of her experiences and those of her co-workers to reveal how US workers respond to Japanese management strategies that center on work teams. She reviews the Japanese model debate, details aspects of the model such as worker selection, and relates her experiences with orientation and training at the plant. Paper edition (unseen), $12.95. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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