The search for flexibility: Skills and workplace innovation in the Germany pump industry
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The highly skill Germany manufacturing sector and the apprenticeship system of the 1980s were models considered worth emulating by policy-makers in the US and UK. However the successes are jeopardized by the spread of lean production and the existing skill-creation system. These concerns are explored in relation to the pump industry in Germany. It was found that the presence of a highly skilled work force could deter the adoption of multifunctional work teams, although the strength of the skill-creation system has potential for a distinctive German production model.
Publication Name: British Journal of Industrial Relations
Subject: Human resources and labor relations
ISSN: 0007-1080
Year: 1998
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National skill-creation systems and career paths for service workers: hotels in the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom
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Issues concerning career development and training opportunities for people working in the hotel industries of Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States are compared and the advantages and disadvantages of each system are discussed.
Publication Name: International Journal of Human Resource Management
Subject: Human resources and labor relations
ISSN: 0958-5192
Year: 2000
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Strategic segmentation in front-line services: matching customers, employees and human resource systems
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Issues concerning the deployment of high performance work system in the front-line service industry and the investment made by companies on the basis of high value custom are discussed.
Publication Name: International Journal of Human Resource Management
Subject: Human resources and labor relations
ISSN: 0958-5192
Year: 2000
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