How do firms become motivated to adopt small-group activities such as quality circles and self-managing teams? How do they acquire expertise in these activities? Noted sociologist and management expert Robert E. Cole addresses these issues through an examination of small-group activities in the United States, Japan and Sweden during the past twenty-five years.
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"Cole's book is an important contribution to a burgeoning literature on employee participation. The book presents subtle lessons about the varying degrees of success in international competition of the Japanese and American economies since 1960."--Donald M. Peppard, Jr., "Journal of Asian Studies
Robert E. Cole is Professor of Sociology and Business Administration at the University of California, Berkeley.
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