New Production Concepts? The West German Debates on Restructuring
- 1 June 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Labour and Industry
- Vol. 2 (2) , 247-280
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10301763.1989.10669070
Abstract
The West German debates on new technology, work organization and restructuring have centred around the work of Kern and Schumann. This article examines the arguments of their influential text ‘The End of the Division of Labour?’ (which is still not available in English); locates the text within the German industrial sociology tradition and considers the recent debates and critiques of their work, including trade union policy issues.Keywords
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