Acknowledgments | |
The Challenge | p. 1 |
Introduction | p. 3 |
Why Change? The Breakdown of Mass Production | p. 14 |
The Alternatives | p. 27 |
Alternative Models of Production | p. 29 |
A Comparison of the Models | p. 43 |
Alternative Strategies in the United States | p. 55 |
The Extent of the Change: Evidence from Surveys, 1982-93 | p. 57 |
Experiments with Workplace Innovation: Evidence from Case Studies, 1970-92 | p. 69 |
Organizational Change in Services | p. 98 |
The Solutions | p. 121 |
American Models of High Performance | p. 123 |
Obstacles to Change | p. 146 |
Policies to Promote High-Performance Systems | p. 161 |
Appendix A. Incidence of Organizational Change among U.S. Firms: Evidence from Surveys | p. 171 |
Appendix B. Summary of Case Studies, 1970-92 | p. 191 |
Notes | p. 249 |
Glossary | p. 257 |
References | p. 261 |
Index | p. 279 |
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