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THE COMPETITIVE SEMICONDUCTOR
MANUFACTURING
HUMAN RESOURCES PROJECT:

Final Report (Phase I)

(CSM-38)



Clair Brown, Editor

(We welcome comments on this study. Please send any
feedback or questions to cbrown@uclink.berkeley.edu.)



December 1997



The Competitive Semiconductor Manufacturing Program

Institute of Industrial Relations
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University of California at Berkeley

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Acknowledgements



TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter
  1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
                by Clair Brown
  2. THE EFFECT OF HR SYSTEMS ON FAB PERFORMANCE
                by Dan Rascher
  3. LESSONS FROM THE SHOPFLOOR:
    1. The Role of Skill Upgrading in Manufacturing Performance
                  by Melissa M. Appleyard
    2. Problem Solving Structures
                  by Dan Rascher
    3. Human Resource Policies in an Environment of High Labor
      Turnover and Rapid Technological Change

                  by Vincent M. Valvano

    4. Innovation on the Shop Floor: Successes from the Semiconductor
      Industry

                  by Melissa M. Appleyard and Clair Brown

  4. INTER-INDUSTRY COMPARISONS: LESSONS FROM THE
    SEMICONDUCTOR
    INDUSTRY
                by Rene Kamita and Dan Rascher
  5. WAGE STRUCTURES AND INEQUALITY:
  6. Wage Structures in the Electronics Industry
                by Benjamin A. Campbell and Vincent M. Valvano

  7. The Changing Wage Structure at NewTech, 1979-1994
                by Vincent M. Valvano

  • FOCUS STUDIES:
  • Pay Policies for Managers and Professionals at NewTech
                by Vincent M. Valvano

  • The Role of Knowledge Spillovers in Buyer-Supplier
    Co-Development

                by Melissa M. Appleyard




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