Learning from Saturn, A look at the boldest experiment in corporate governance and employee relations

Saul A Rubinstein and Thomas A Lochan

ISBN 10: 080143873X / ISBN 13: 9780801438738

Published by Cornell University Press; ILR Press, Ithaca and London, 2001

About this Item

Inscribed by Author. Gift note on front end-paper. Crisp clean unclipped dust-jacket, fresh covers with black lettering on spine, tight binding, clean pages and end-papers . Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Inscribed by Author. ISBN: 080143873X. ISBN/EAN: 9780801438738. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 11618051020. All our books are sent by tracked mail.

Seller Inventory # 11618051020

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Learning from Saturn, A look at the boldest experiment in corporate governance and employee relations
• Publisher: Cornell University Press; ILR Press, Ithaca and London
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 080143873X
• ISBN 13: 9780801438738
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Employment, Industrial Relations, Trade Unions

About this title

Synopsis

The last two decades of the twentieth century were a tumultuous time of innovation for business and labor. Perhaps the boldest and most far-reaching experiment in industry was the creation of the Saturn Corporation. Working together as partners, the UAW and General Motors built a new small car in Spring Hill, Tennessee, with American suppliers and American workers. Saturn's locally designed manufacturing system featured self-directed teams and the integration of union representatives into management's strategic and operational decision-making processes. Saul A. Rubinstein and Thomas A. Kochan have followed the Saturn story since its beginning in 1983. Through surveys as well as hundreds of interviews with company managers, union representatives, and employees, and with leaders of GM and the UAW, they trace the history of, and the lessons to be learned from, this "Different Kind of Company." The Saturn experiment embodied a new concept of labor-management relations, management, and organizational governance. Has it been a success or a failure? Is it relevant in the current industrial environment? What effect has it had on GM and the UAW? The authors resist overly simplistic conclusions; Saturn's strengths and limitations must be fairly assessed before the company's experience can provide lessons on the future of unions, labor-management relations, work organization, and corporate governance.

About the Author

Saul A. Rubinstein is Assistant Professor in the School of Management and Labor Relations at Rutgers University. Thomas A. Kochan is the George M. Bunker Professor of Work and Employment Relations at MIT's Sloan School of Management. His previous books include After Lean Production and The Transformation of American Industrial Relations, also from Cornell.