| 书目名称 | Explaining Productivity Differences | | 副标题 | Comparative Analysis | | 编辑 | Hiromichi Shibata | | 视频video | | | 概述 | Presents comparative research on a Japanese mother plant with its three offshoot plants in the United States, Thailand and China.Reveals the critical influence of supervisors and manufacturing enginee | | 丛书名称 | SpringerBriefs in Business | | 图书封面 |  | | 描述 | .This book, in contrast with previous research and popular discussions that focus on the productivity of workers, identifies the critical influence of supervisors and engineers as key drivers of productivity differentials. To do so, it analyzes productivity at a Japanese car component plant and its three offshoot plants located in the United States, Thailand, and China and how productivity evolved at these plants from the mid-1990s to the early 2010s. The author’s participatory observation approach reveals that productivity and work practices converged to a limited degree over the years at all four plants. .Particularly influential are the persistent differences at these plants in the extent to which workers learn how to combine and integrate their production skills with troubleshooting skills. Supervisors play a key role in developing this integration in Japan, while worker skills remain separated in the other countries. Integrated skill development is promoted in Japan throughthe trusting relationships that first-line supervisors enjoy with their workforce. In the plants abroad, in contrast, the persistence of workers’ control over their individual skill development and careers i | | 出版日期 | Book 2016 | | 关键词 | Japanese plants; Productivity; Work practice; Skill; Worker; Supervisor; Manufacturing engineer | | 版次 | 1 | | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-1959-3 | | isbn_softcover | 978-981-10-1958-6 | | isbn_ebook | 978-981-10-1959-3Series ISSN 2191-5482 Series E-ISSN 2191-5490 | | issn_series | 2191-5482 | | copyright | The Author(s) 2016 |
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