Electronics is the most dynamic industry in the modern world economy. Unfortunately, much of the development boom has bypassed Britain and although now, after years of stagnation, there are signs that the British industry is beginning to achieve reasonable growth it is still not competing on anything like equal terms with American, Japanese and Asian/Pacific competitors.
This book charts the recent history of the electronics industry in Britain, considers its present state and assesses its future prospects. The author argues that provided management policies in British electronics firms can adapt to the constantly changing environment characteristic of the industry worldwide, there are opportunities for the future in such areas as changing manufacturing techniques, work design issues, and buyer-supplier relations with the large multinational base in Britain.
Jeanine M. Canty, PhD, is Professor at Naropa University. A lover of nature, justice, and contemplative practice, her teaching intersects social and ecological justice and the process of worldview expansion and positive change. She is both editor and contributor to Ecological and Social Healing: Multicultural Women’s Voices and selected works featured in The Wiley Handbook of Transpersonal Psychology, International Journal of Transpersonal Studies, Sustainability: The Journal of Record, World Futures: The Journal of New Paradigm Research, Shadows & Light: Theory, Research, and Practice in Transpersonal Psychology, and in The Body and Oppression: Its Roots, Its Voices, and Its Resolutions.