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Since
1979 there have been tremendous changes in British industrial relations. Thoroughgoing
changes in management and production have coincided with the widespread repeal
of employment protection laws and other measures which defend the interests
of employees.
This books places the new management techniques - just in time production,
labour flexibility, employee involvement, single union deals, teamworking
- within the context of the neo-liberalism of successive Tory governments.
Driven by Nissan? provides a clear and accessible guide to the new
initiatives in British management, and discusses the implications for trade
unionism in the workplace. It combines factual information with analysis and
political comment, in a style which is intended to provoke debate.
Dave Beale is Lecturer in Business Studies at Preston College. He is
chair of the Manchester Employment Research Group.