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Toyota's Assembly Line - A View from the Factory Floor (Hardcover)
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Toyota's Assembly Line - A View from the Factory Floor (Hardcover)
Series: Japanese Society Series
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Anybody who is a dedicated Toyota driver and admirer of the Toyota
Production System would be shocked to read of Ryoji Ihara's
experience as a casual worker in a Toyota factory in Japan. As the
Toyota Motor Company continues on its inexorable march to become
the world's biggest and most profitable carmaker, workers on the
factory floor are still making sacrifices under the appalling
conditions so graphically described in Satoshi Kamata's 1973
account, Japan in the Passing Lane: An Insider's Account of Life in
a Japanese Auto Factory. Ihara's book is both a fearless expos and
a meticulous academic study firmly situated within the context of
the sociology of labor. Drawing on recent theoretical debates in
Japan as well as internationally, the author challenges widely held
views on the respective roles of skill, supervision, and quality
control in the car industry. Specialists in car industry research
unable to access Japanese language sources should welcome this
English translation of Ryoji Ihara's book, now with an additional
chapter update. Yet, belying its academic intent, the work is
written in a relaxed, entertaining style that should appeal to any
reader with an interest in car making, the sociology of work, or
Japanese society in general.
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