Global Management Local Labour

Little discussion about 'globalization' has concerned one of the truly global forces - the management of multi-national and large domestic corporations - and the significance of modern management practices for workers in the developing world. This book examines the nature of work in the modern corporate sector in Turkey with special reference to three industries, white goods, cars and textiles. Based on extensive interviews, it questions some common assumptions in the modern western social science literature, especially in North America and Britain.

Introduction PART 1: HELLO TO THE FACTORY A General Account PART 2: SPECIFICITIES: GENDER AND ETHNICITY Women Workers in Textiles Muhacir Bulgarians PART 3: THE WORLD OF TQM Management and its Practices TQM from Above The View from Below PART 4: TRADE UNIONISM State, Law and Trade Unionism Union Autocracy, Mechanisms and Contradictions PART 5: SIGNS OF CHANGE Modernity and Younger Workers The Future of Workers in the Modern Sector