摘要:

Volvo recently announced the closure of their factories at Kalmar and Uddevalla which were internationally renowned for the innovative methods of work organization as an alternative to the assembly line. In this and the following article the authors question the rationale of management's reasons for the closure, and assess the effect of the closures for those social scientists who saw Volvo as a shining example of work redesign

ISSN:0268-1072    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-005X.1993.tb00038.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1993

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0268-1072    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-005X.1993.tb00039.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1993

数据来源: WILEY

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Most studies of technological change in telecommunications have researched incremental shifts within the analogue switching paradigm. This paper takes the case of the shift to digital switching in Hong Kong's public telephone network. It focuses upon how this change was managed and the consequential changes in labour relations.

ISSN:0268-1072    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-005X.1993.tb00040.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1993

数据来源: WILEY

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Here the author explores the dynamics of workplace control in the provincial newspaper industry, and argues that direct input technology has led to structural changes that shift the locus of control from the printers (typesetters/compositors) to the journalists (sub‐editors) by increasing the latter group's influence over strategic contingencies in the production proces

ISSN:0268-1072    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-005X.1993.tb00041.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1993

数据来源: WILEY

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The productivity of white‐collar workers in heavily computerized sectors of the economy has collapsed in recent years. This paper suggests that one reason for this involves inefficiencies generated by EDP departments, which have created systems of control enmeshing not only workers but senior managemen

ISSN:0268-1072    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-005X.1993.tb00042.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1993

数据来源: WILEY

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In 1987–88 a large attitudinal survey covering all 12 Member States of the European Community was carried out by the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions in Dublin which focused on various aspects of participation by employee representatives in new information technology. This paper presents evidence on one important aspect of technological change—that of participation in product and service qual

ISSN:0268-1072    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-005X.1993.tb00043.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1993

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

Studies of the relationship between technological change and employment are placed in a conceptual framework prior to an empirical study of the direct employment effects of new technology and a comparison with the effects of organizational change. It shows that the latter are considerably greater than the former, though both are relatively minor.

ISSN:0268-1072    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-005X.1993.tb00044.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1993

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

Book reviews in this article:Technology and Organization: power, meaning and design Harry Scarbrough and J. Martin CorbettRoads to Participation in the European Community—Increasing prospects of employee representatives in technological change Dieter Fröhlich, Colin Gill and Hubert KriegerAdvanced Technology in Commerce, Offices and Health Services Fe Josefina Dy (Ed.)Industrial Dislocation: The case of global shipbuilding Daniel ToddCompany and Campus Partnership: Supporting Technology Transfer D. Jane BowerHigh‐Tech Fantasies: Science Parks in Society, Science and Space Doreen Massey, Paul Quintas and David WieldTechnological Change: The Role of Scientists and Engineers Derek Bosworth, Rob Wilson and Paul TaylorFarewell to Flexibility Anna Pollert (ed.)Industrial Training in a Cold Climate Peter J. SenkerManaging New Technological Change: Case Studies in the Reorganization of Work P. WilkinsOther Publications Received Dodgso

ISSN:0268-1072    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-005X.1993.tb00045.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1993

数据来源: WILEY