Against Japanization: understanding the reorganization of British manufacturing

Abstract

In the late 1980s, the idea of Japanization dominated debates about the restructuring of production, work and industrial relations in this country. There was, of course, some evidence to support the Japanization thesis; yet, even at the time of the strongest influence, there were indications that it did not describe what was happening very well. It now seems much more plausible to argue that British manufacturing companies were on a distinctive trajectory of development, which has only passing similarities to Japanese patterns of organization.

Citation

Procter, S. and Ackroyd, S. (1998), "Against Japanization: understanding the reorganization of British manufacturing", Employee Relations, Vol. 20 No. 3, pp. 237-247. https://doi.org/10.1108/01425459810228306