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Explaining Productivity Differences - Comparative Analysis of Automotive Plants in Japan, the United States, Thailand and China (Paperback, 1st ed. 2016)
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Explaining Productivity Differences - Comparative Analysis of Automotive Plants in Japan, the United States, Thailand and China (Paperback, 1st ed. 2016)
Series: SpringerBriefs in Business
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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 through the 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 impedes the development of
integrated skills. Manufacturing engineers at the Japanese mother
plant also play key linking roles, thereby enhancing communications
and problem-solving on the shop floor, whereas manufacturing
engineers at the US, Thai, and Chinese plants play more limited and
compartmentalized roles. As a result, productivity remains high in
Japan and lags in the other plants. Surprisingly, Japanese managers
remain reluctant to introduce these more productive work practices
in the offshoot plants.
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