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Book SynopsisChapter 1: Introduction.- Part I: Uddevalla Production System and its socio-technical conditions.- Chapter 2: Alternatives to Assembly Line and Assembly Line Work: An exposé of the Swedish lines of development with focus on the author's experience and insights.- Chapter 3: Application of Certainprinciples for Education and Shop-Floor Learning Practices for Assembly Work at the Volvo Uddevalla PlanttA Brief Overview.- Chapter 4: Characteristics of the New Production Concept in Sweden Based on the Uddevalla Plant: Cognition and Action.- Chapter 5: Operators' work situation in Volvo Uddevalla.- Part II: Toyota Production System and its socio-technical conditions.- Chapter 6: Labor Management/Labor Relations and Toyota Production Systems.- Chapter 7: Toyota Production System and Modern Society.- Chapter 8: Cell Production System and Its Conditions.- Part III: Analytical Comparison of renewals of production systems between Sweden and Japan.- Chapter 9: An analytical comparison of learning strategy.- Chapter 10: Comparative Analysis of the Division of Labour in the Assembly Workshop.- Chapter 11: The analytical comparison of work-focused improvement.- Chapter 12: The summary and points of discussion for the future.
