5. Industrial Work: Fordism, Neo-Fordism and Post-Fordism

Williams et al. (1992a) 'Ford versus "Fordism": the beginning of mass production?', Work, Employment and Society, 6 (4): 517–55 is instructive on the origins of Fordism and Berggren (1993) 'Lean production – the end of history?', Work, Employment and Society, 7 (2): 163–88 is suitably sceptical about lean production being the new, single best way to organize production.