{"product_id":"life-on-the-line-in-rick-delbridge-9780199240432","title":"Life on the Line in Contemporary Manufacturing: The Workplace Experience of Lean Production and the Japanese Model","description":"Much is stated and written about the new world of work, but how much do we know about the contemporary workplace? What influence have Japanese management techniques had on the way work is organized? Have the systems and mechanisms of control changed radically in recent years, or are they much the same as they have always been? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Rick Delbridge sought an answer to these questions at first hand by working on the shop floor in a Japanese consumer electronics transplant and a European automotive components supplier in order to witness and experience life on the line in contemporary manufacturing. Not only does his book offer rich empirical data on the lived reality of work and a management practice that may share little in common with that found in the textbooks; he also raises a number of important issues about the best ways to understand the complex and changing nature of work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rick Delbridge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0199240434\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199240432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/11\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 246\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.23h x 6.18w x 0.54d","brand":"Rick Delbridge","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47420229157119,"sku":"9780199240432","price":69.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_15b953e3-1929-4b70-89e4-a4282de4d0a0.jpg?v=1761525911","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/life-on-the-line-in-rick-delbridge-9780199240432","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}