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Manufacturing Reform And The Changing Role Of The Production Supervisor: The Case Of The Automobile Industry

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This research assesses current changes in the nature of the supervisory role in the automobile industry. It locates these changes in the context of a transition from mass production to lean or just‐in‐time production. the emergence of a supervisory role, with supervisors performing critical functions as effective managers of integrated work areas is explored by focusing on two lean producers, Nissan UK and Mazda's Flat Rock plant in the US. Noting the increased responsibility of the supervisor under lean production, the extent of the supervisors’enhanced status and authority are considered. However, a case study of an established vehicle producer in the UK, involving interviews with a sample of forty supervisors draws out the structural and organizational difficulties faced by existing manufacturers in their attempts to reformulate the role of the supervisor.

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  • James Lowe, 1993. "Manufacturing Reform And The Changing Role Of The Production Supervisor: The Case Of The Automobile Industry," Journal of Management Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 30(5), pages 739-758, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jomstd:v:30:y:1993:i:5:p:739-758
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.1993.tb00324.x
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    1. Nishani Bourmault & Michel Anteby, 2020. "Unpacking the Managerial Blues: How Expectations Formed in the Past Carry into New Jobs," Organization Science, INFORMS, vol. 31(6), pages 1452-1474, November.
    2. John Godard & John T. Delaney, 2000. "Reflections on the “High Performance†Paradigm's Implications for Industrial Relations as a Field," ILR Review, Cornell University, ILR School, vol. 53(3), pages 482-502, April.
    3. Krishnan, Murugappa (Murgie) & Srinivasan, Ashok, 2007. "How do shop-floor supervisors allocate their time?," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 105(1), pages 97-115, January.
    4. Colin Hales, 2005. "Rooted in Supervision, Branching into Management: Continuity and Change in the Role of First‐Line Manager," Journal of Management Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 42(3), pages 471-506, May.

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