Technological practices in the European auto industry: exploring cases from Belgium, Germany and Portugal
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Resumo: | The relationship between work organisation and technological practices in the auto industry is analysed in this article. The concept of ‘technological practice’ in this sector is used to describe the specific ways of embedding information and communication technology applications into the organisational forms and cultural patterns. This concept was developed as a theoretical and methodological approach within the Sowing project (TSER, DG XII), which included, as components of that practice, shop floor cooperation up to the regionally based networks of companies and supporting institutions. The authors studied different sectors in the automotive firms of different European countries (Germany, Belgium and Portugal): shopfloor and production lines, design and management and the local inter-relationships. The focus was on finding out, if, within the same sector (and the same product industry) the same technological practice existed, although the cases were found in several European countries. In the following article some evidence of the different alternatives in terms of technological practices for the same sector is presented. Much of the literature tries to disseminate an idea of a single (and optimum) organisational model for the same type of product. And here, even with the same type of technology, and product (medium-high range), one can find different models, cultures and ways of organising the industrial structure (firms, regional institutions, R&D centres) in the auto industry. |
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Technological practices in the European auto industry: exploring cases from Belgium, Germany and PortugalAutomobile sectorindustrial structureInformation and Communication Technologiesproduction modelstechnological practicework organisationAutomotive EngineeringStrategy and ManagementThe relationship between work organisation and technological practices in the auto industry is analysed in this article. The concept of ‘technological practice’ in this sector is used to describe the specific ways of embedding information and communication technology applications into the organisational forms and cultural patterns. This concept was developed as a theoretical and methodological approach within the Sowing project (TSER, DG XII), which included, as components of that practice, shop floor cooperation up to the regionally based networks of companies and supporting institutions. The authors studied different sectors in the automotive firms of different European countries (Germany, Belgium and Portugal): shopfloor and production lines, design and management and the local inter-relationships. The focus was on finding out, if, within the same sector (and the same product industry) the same technological practice existed, although the cases were found in several European countries. In the following article some evidence of the different alternatives in terms of technological practices for the same sector is presented. Much of the literature tries to disseminate an idea of a single (and optimum) organisational model for the same type of product. And here, even with the same type of technology, and product (medium-high range), one can find different models, cultures and ways of organising the industrial structure (firms, regional institutions, R&D centres) in the auto industry.DCSA - Departamento de Ciências Sociais AplicadasRUNMoniz, António BrandãoKrings, Bettina JohannaVan Hootegem, GeertHuys, Rik2020-05-26T22:38:18Z20022002-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/article17application/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10362/98353eng1470-9511PURE: 2348380info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-03-11T04:45:03Zoai:run.unl.pt:10362/98353Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T03:38:57.992470Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Technological practices in the European auto industry: exploring cases from Belgium, Germany and Portugal |
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Technological practices in the European auto industry: exploring cases from Belgium, Germany and Portugal |
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Technological practices in the European auto industry: exploring cases from Belgium, Germany and Portugal Moniz, António Brandão Automobile sector industrial structure Information and Communication Technologies production models technological practice work organisation Automotive Engineering Strategy and Management |
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Technological practices in the European auto industry: exploring cases from Belgium, Germany and Portugal |
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Technological practices in the European auto industry: exploring cases from Belgium, Germany and Portugal |
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Technological practices in the European auto industry: exploring cases from Belgium, Germany and Portugal |
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Technological practices in the European auto industry: exploring cases from Belgium, Germany and Portugal |
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Technological practices in the European auto industry: exploring cases from Belgium, Germany and Portugal |
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Moniz, António Brandão |
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Moniz, António Brandão Krings, Bettina Johanna Van Hootegem, Geert Huys, Rik |
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Krings, Bettina Johanna Van Hootegem, Geert Huys, Rik |
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DCSA - Departamento de Ciências Sociais Aplicadas RUN |
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Moniz, António Brandão Krings, Bettina Johanna Van Hootegem, Geert Huys, Rik |
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Automobile sector industrial structure Information and Communication Technologies production models technological practice work organisation Automotive Engineering Strategy and Management |
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Automobile sector industrial structure Information and Communication Technologies production models technological practice work organisation Automotive Engineering Strategy and Management |
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The relationship between work organisation and technological practices in the auto industry is analysed in this article. The concept of ‘technological practice’ in this sector is used to describe the specific ways of embedding information and communication technology applications into the organisational forms and cultural patterns. This concept was developed as a theoretical and methodological approach within the Sowing project (TSER, DG XII), which included, as components of that practice, shop floor cooperation up to the regionally based networks of companies and supporting institutions. The authors studied different sectors in the automotive firms of different European countries (Germany, Belgium and Portugal): shopfloor and production lines, design and management and the local inter-relationships. The focus was on finding out, if, within the same sector (and the same product industry) the same technological practice existed, although the cases were found in several European countries. In the following article some evidence of the different alternatives in terms of technological practices for the same sector is presented. Much of the literature tries to disseminate an idea of a single (and optimum) organisational model for the same type of product. And here, even with the same type of technology, and product (medium-high range), one can find different models, cultures and ways of organising the industrial structure (firms, regional institutions, R&D centres) in the auto industry. |
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