Learning From Saturn – Possibilities for Corporate Governance and Employee Rela…

Learning from SaturnPossibilities for Corporate Governance and Employee Relations\nAuthor(s): Saul A. Rubinstein, Thomas A. Kochan\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cornell University Press, United States\nImprint: ILR Press\nISBN-13: 9780801438738, 978-0801438738\nSynopsis\nThe last two decades of the twentieth century were a tumultuous time of innovation for business and labor. Perhaps the boldest and most far-reaching experiment in industry was the creation of the Saturn Corporation. Working together as partners, the UAW and General Motors built a new small car in Spring Hill, Tennessee, with American suppliers and American workers. Saturn's locally designed manufacturing system featured self-directed teams and the integration of union representatives into management's strategic and operational decision-making processes. Saul A. Rubinstein and Thomas A. Kochan have followed the Saturn story since its beginning in 1983. Through surveys as well as hundreds of interviews with company man.