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The limits of orthodox Taylorism: the exemple of the French construction industry

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Titre :	The limits of orthodox Taylorism: the exemple of the French construction industry
Auteurs :	Myriam Campinos-Dubernet
Type de document :	texte imprimé
Editeur :	Paris : Céreq, 1987
Collection :	Documents de travail English series, num. E1 1987
Format :	44 p.
Langues:	Anglais
Catégories :	Thésaurus CEREQ TAYLORISME ; INDUSTRIE DU BTP ; ORGANISATION DU TRAVAIL ; FRANCE Affiliation Céreq Céreq
Résumé :	At the end of the 1970's in France the construction industry was generally considered to have escaped the influence of Taylorism because of the lnstabillty of the building process. Taylorist methods were Judged suitable only for stable predictlble processes where work could be prescribed and control applied in the Taylorist manner. However observations of operatives' work on building sites at the structural phase highlighted extensive task fragmentation thus calling into question the habituai characterization of construction. This paper will argue firstly that from 1970 on, with the beginning of the recession and tighter compétition, a move had indeed been made towards "rationalization" in French construction firms. They had gradually, via the development of more and more sophisticated work study departments, adopted Taylorist forms of work organization in a manner applicable to a variable and divisible process where adaptability and flexibility must be retained even in the context of reduced operative autonomy. Secondly construction lost some of its speciflcity in work organization and "rationalization" due to-the effects of the recessioft on manufacturing which had led in certain sectors to product in stabillty and réduction in batch slze. Thirdly if the Taylorist approach resolved certain problems for firms in terms of productivity, it has engendered others of a long term perspective and of which the construction industry is currently feeling the effects : pool of skilled labour, recrultment of young workers, training.
Note de contenu :	Période couverte par le document 1960-1980
Document Céreq :	Oui