| New Technology @ Work Revised Edition Contributor(s): Boreham, Paul (Author), Parker, Rachel (Author), Thompson, Paul (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415268974 ISBN-13: 9780415268974 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $61.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2008 Annotation: This contemporary study of new information and communications technologies, and their impact on the working world, provides an analysis of the forces impacting on the organization of work, and evaluates the strategies developed to utilize them in socially and economically beneficial ways. It considers in depth the influence of new technologies on the manufacturing sector, and addresses the challenges posed to organizational design as technology encourages increased flexibility at work. In addition, it skilfully reviews the changes that characterize the workplace and assesses the consequent challenges to industrial relations, training and employment policies. New Technology @ Work is an important and up-to-date analysis of technology in the workplace that takes an international approach to an innovative area of research. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Industries - General - Business & Economics | Management - General - Political Science | Labor & Industrial Relations |
| Dewey: 338.064 |
| LCCN: 2007027004 |
| Physical Information: 0.51" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.75 lbs) 240 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: New computer and communications technologies have acted as the catalyst for a revolution in the way goods are produced and services delivered, leading to profound changes in the way work is organized and the way jobs are designed. This important book examines the nature, setting and impact of new technologies on work, organization and management. Conventional debates about new technology often invoke optimistic visions of enhanced democracy, rising skills and economic abundance; others predict darker scenarios such as the destruction of jobs through labour-eliminating devices. This book proposes an alternative perspective, arguing that technology can be powerful, but in and of itself has no independent causal powers. It considers the impact of new technologies on manufacturing, clerical, administrative and call centre employment, in both managerial and professional arenas, and introduces the growing phenomena of telework. The book also assesses the important political and economic forces that restrict or facilitate the flow of new technologies on national and global levels. New Technology @ Work is an illuminating and thought-provoking text that will prove invaluable to all serious students of business, management and technology. |