QCサークルは社会科学でどう論じられてきたか －産業・労働社会学の視点から－

DOI Web Site 参考文献24件

書誌事項

タイトル別名
  • A Review of the Literature on Quality Circles in Social Science : From a Perspective of Sociology of Work and Industry
  • QC サークル ワ シャカイ カガク デ ドウ ロンジラレテ キタ カ サンギョウ ロウドウ シャカイガク ノ シテン カラ

この論文をさがす

抄録

How have social sciences been discussing quality circles (QCs)? This paper reviews these discussions, thereby sharing them with the professionals and practitioners in QCs. Few of the professionals and practitioners know the literature in QCs written by social scientists. This paper summarizes the literature from the perspective of sociology of work and industry. Sociology turns our attention to how our consciousness and actions are embedded in social systems, everyday practice, and temporal situations. Sociology of work and industry reveals these facts experienced through our work and occupational careers. Social sciences explain how and why QCs have been widespread in Japanese firms. Some of the factors are the low occupational barrier to non-professionals participating in quality control, flexible division of labor in workplaces, relatively open opportunities in which blue-collar workers promote to supervisors. The network built to disseminate quality control nationwide is also an important factor. QCs changed "modern" styles of labor management, from blue-collar workers as manual workers, to those as intellectual workers. In spite of skeptical observations, QCs are recognized as having some effects on motivation and training of blue-collar workers, through continuous improvements. QCs are expected to contribute to raising occupational capacities of ordinary workers.

収録刊行物

  • 品質

    品質 39 (2), 184-189, 2009

    一般社団法人 日本品質管理学会

参考文献 (24)*注記

もっと見る

関連プロジェクト

もっと見る

詳細情報 詳細情報について

問題の指摘

ページトップへ