@booklet {RePEc:pra:mprapa:5932,
	title = {Novos Modelos de Produ{\c c}{\~a}o na Ind{\'u}stria Autom{\'o}vel Algumas Interroga{\c c}{\~o}es<BR>[New models of production in automotive industry: some questions]},
	number = {5932},
	year = {2001},
	note = {n/a},
	month = {Mar},
	publisher = {University Library of Munich, Germany},
	type = {MPRA Paper},
	abstract = {<p>Taking into account the global trends towards vertical de-integration and functional integration, the WorTiS project is expected to be able to determine to what extent the Portuguese automobile industry is experiencing far-reaching changes as far as innovative (post-fordist) work systems are concerned. One of the objectives is to reach wider conclusions regarding the sector under analysis within a new multi-disciplinary approach, in connection with other research networks (namely, GERPISA and IMVP-MIT). It will recover relevant information in automobile companies located in Portugal (like, Toyota, Citr{\"o}en, FIAT, Renault, Ford, VW, UMM), in order to understand how concrete practices have being developed in time, and update the scientific knowledge with the development of new case studies (Mitsubishi, AutoEuropa, Opel-GM, and other sub-contracting firms). is intended to present a new fieldwork methodology in order to analyse the variety, and contradictory character, of changes in work practices. The analysis would focus on the cases of automotive firms that operated, and are still operating, in Portugal. The effectiveness of such a tool will last far beyond the project itself.</p>
},
	keywords = {Automotive industry, production models, sociology, working systems},
	url = {http://ideas.repec.org/p/pra/mprapa/5932.html},
	author = {Moniz, Ant{\'o}nio and Machado, Tiago}
}
