Adapting Models of Production in Developing Countries. The Automobile Industry in Argentina

How to test for the existence of a new model of production based on the firm lending an ear to customer demands & valuing the individual & collective intelligence of its work force? The facts for putting this model to the test of reality come from an analysis of two Argentinean automobile ma...

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Published in:Sociologie du travail (Paris) 2004-01, Vol.46 (1), p.27-41
Main Authors: Novick, Marta, Yoguel, Gabriel, Catalano, Ana M
Format: Article
Language:fre
Subjects:
Argentina
Automobile Industry
Developing Countries
Labor Process
Work Organization
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Summary:How to test for the existence of a new model of production based on the firm lending an ear to customer demands & valuing the individual & collective intelligence of its work force? The facts for putting this model to the test of reality come from an analysis of two Argentinean automobile makers, subsidiaries of Toyota & Volkswagen. Various aspects of their organization policy provide evidence of their capacity for making adaptations by "hybridizing" the parent firm's model with the rationales inherent in the network of local actors (suppliers & labor unions, in particular). These firms are open systems with a narrow margin for maneuvering. 1 Table, 18 References. Adapted from the source document.
ISSN:0038-0296
DOI:10.1016/j.soctra.2004.01.003