Agile Against Lean: An Inquiry Into the Production System of Hyundai Motor

Part Ⅰ Conceptual Blocks and Overview.

Chapter 1: Introduction - Building Conceptual Blocks for an Understanding of Catching Up, Chaebols, and Production Systems

Chapter 2: An Overview of Hyundai Motor’s Production System

Part Ⅱ Empirical Anatomy

Chapter 3: Skill Formation in Engineers - Learning by Improvisation

Chapter 4: Work Organization and Shop-Floor Workers - Flexible Automation, Skill-Saving and Segmented Labor

Chapter 5: Supplier Relations - Extended Quasi-Vertical Integration

Chapter 6: The Overseas Production Network - ’Model Factories’ and Global Transfer of Hyundai Motor’s Production System

Part Ⅲ Reflections and Prospects

Chapter 7: Conclusions - Theoretical and Empirical Reflections and Future Prospects

Hyung Je Jo is an emeritus professor of social science at the University of Ulsan, South Korea.

Jun Ho Jeong is a professor in the college of social sciences at Kangwon National University, South Korea.

Chulsik Kim is an assistant professor in the division of social science at the Academy of Korean Studies, South Korea