Made in America :  regaining the productive edge 

 - Cambridge :  The MIT,  1989 
 - 344 p. 
<br/><br/> Introduction  Commercial aircraft  Consumer electronics  Steel  Chemicals  Textiles  Automobiles  Machine tools  Education and training  The United States in the world economy  A changing world  Productivity and productivity growth  Manufacturing productivity  Productive performance  Productive performance and the trade deficit  Productive performance and the macroeconomic environment  Why manufacturing matters  Diagnosing the problem  Outdated strategies  The mass-production system  Parochialism  Short time  Technological weaknesses in development and production  Designing for manufacturability and quality  Teamwork in the product-development process  A focus on the manufacturing process  Continuous improvement  Who is the blame?  Neglect of human resources  Patterns of education and training  Formal schooling  Training in the firm  Education and training patterns  Retraining  Future challengers  Failures of cooperation  Cooperation within the firm  Labor-management relations  Vertical linkages  Horizontal linkages and the public good  Too much or too litte?  Regulatory policy  The technological infrastructure  National defense  Emerging patterns of best industrial practice  Simultaneous improvement in quality, cost, and delivery  Staying close to the customer  Closer relations with suppliers  Using technology for strategic advantage  Flatter and less compartmentalized organizations  Innovative human-resource policies  Obstacles to the diffusion of best practices  Imperatives for a more productive america  Long-term trenda  Five imperatives  Focusing on the new fundamentals of manufacturing  Cultivating a new economic citizenship in the work force  Blending cooperation and individualism  Learning to live in the world economy  Providing for the future  Strategies for industry, labor, and government  Strategies for industry  Strategies for labor  Strategies for government  How universities should change  Changes in the engineering curriculum  Changes in the management curriculum  ReseARCH  aWARENESS 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Produção<br/>Política Industrial<br/>Setor Secundário<br/>Empresa Privada<br/>Competitividade<br/>Produtividade<br/>Tecnologia<br/>Globalização<br/>Qualidade<br/>Macroeconomia