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Book SynopsisThe 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...
Trade ReviewLearning From Saturn is a very nice and concise account of the Saturn process.... Labor relations policymakers, both in the private and public sectors, should read this book.
-- Henry P. Guzda * Monthly Labor Review *
This book is about the innovative Saturn experiment, America's most thoroughgoing attempt to restructure the entire production and distribution as well as industrial relations systems.... Learning from Saturn is an excellent window into the labor-management participation process. It provides a useful case study for instructional purposes as well. I have used the book twice in classes as the basis for a productive discussion about participation.
-- Michael H. Belzer, Wayne State University * Industrial and Labor Relations Review *
This is a jewel of a book: most informative, insightful and, in several respects, even endearing.... This reviewer feels that the authors have achieved a scintillating success both in looking at this experiment openly, critically and in-depth on the basis of years of superb research, and in conveying their results and judgments in a most readable and lively language.... Read what Rubinstein and Kochan have to say... is the best advice that can be given.
-- Jean Gerin-Lajoie, Ecole des hautes etudes commerciales * Relations Industrielles/Industrial Relations *
