ISSN:0268-1072    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-005X.1987.tb00068.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1987

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

Although trade unions have generally agreed TUC policy on new technology, they found it difficult to follow policy and make acceptance conditional. Economic circumstances, employer strategies and the structure of trade unions and collective bargaining, constrain the realisation of policy objectives. But there are also weaknesses in the policies themselves and the resources trade unions dedicate to new technology.

ISSN:0268-1072    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-005X.1987.tb00069.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1987

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

This article challenges the widespread concept of a ‘technological imperative’which is alleged to lead to greater economic efficiency. The socio‐technical model, supported by evidence from past research and recent cases, undermines the validity of the ‘imperative’and presents an alternative based o

ISSN:0268-1072    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-005X.1987.tb00070.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1987

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

Comparing a British with an American Flexible Manufacturing System highlights both differences in de facto and formal work organisation and the separate influence of overall management policies. Contrary to prevailing theories it is the practical resolution of these policies that either stifles or permits polyvalent, ‘autonomous’work‐g

ISSN:0268-1072    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-005X.1987.tb00071.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1987

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

The introduction of new technologies combined with demanning policies has brought about a greater awareness of the importance of the collective dimensions of work. Research work, in France, has been investigating the notions of ‘work groups’* and ‘collective/group skills’. These are key issues concerned with the mastering of new technologies, and the creation of ‘new forms’of work organization, such as qual

ISSN:0268-1072    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-005X.1987.tb00072.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1987

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

This article presents a detailed case study of changes in the job tasks of British Rail yard supervisors under the routine operation of a computerised system of freight information control in order to critically evaluate the claim that computer technology is contributing to the demise of first‐line supervisor

ISSN:0268-1072    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-005X.1987.tb00073.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1987

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

This article identifies the avenues used by UK firms to acquire the work skills needed to operate the new technologies. Having found that retraining is the most popular avenue, the author turns to issues such as who identified the retraining needs, how they were met and with what degree of success. In the process, disturbing tendencies are discovered.

ISSN:0268-1072    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-005X.1987.tb00074.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1987

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

As technological change was a main item at the IIRA World Congress the author was invited to write a short report on it for NTWE

ISSN:0268-1072    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-005X.1987.tb00075.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1987

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

Book review in this ArticleSunrise EuropeNEDC Long‐term perspectives group, IT Futures: What current forecasting literature says about the social impact of information technologyHuman Factors: Man, Machine and New TechnologyWorking the System: The Shop Floor and New Technolo

ISSN:0268-1072    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-005X.1987.tb00076.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1987

数据来源: WILEY