First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Chapter 1 Japanese Management Techniques and the Paradoxical Absence of Labour; Chapter 2 Japanese Lean Production in South Wales; Chapter 3 Japanese Human Resource Management in South Wales; Chapter 4 Local and Global Contexts to the Restructuring of Work at a British Factory; Chapter 5 Lean Production Control and Labour Intensification; Chapter 6 Teamwork and Kaizen; Chapter 7 The New Industrial Relations; Chapter 8 The Disciplinary Impact of Human Resource Management; Chapter 9 Conclusion;