An edition of Managerial control of American workers
(2017)
Managerial control of American workers
methods and technology from the 1880s to today
by Mel van Elteren
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"This book provides fresh insight into various practices of managerial control from the 1880s to present and their effects on work organization and quality, and worker skill requirements. The author highlights current developments--including those focused on highly skilled knowledge workers--accounting for enhanced automation, offshoring and related changes in the production and distribution of goods and services"--
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Managerial control of American workers: methods and technology from the 1880s to today
2017
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Managerial Control of American Workers: Methods and Technology from the 1880s to Today
2017, McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
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Book Details
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
The rise of the factory system and the origins of systematic management
Taylorism and fordism, and their early impact on manufacturing and service work
Welfare capitalism and human relations as additional means of managerial control
Taylorization during World War II and the postwar automation movement
The "new nonunion model" and the great risk shift
Renewal of "flexible mass production" through a Japanese filter
Industrial rationalization of retail and service work intensified
Enhanced top-down management systems in manufacturing and office work
Enterprise resource planning : business process reengineering taken to the next level
Twists and turns of high-tech jobs and the reengineering of skilled white-collar work
Technology-first automation and the double-edged sword of decision-support systems
The extensive and intrusive reach of computer business systems
Robots : cooperating with or replacing human workers?
Digital information technologies and the nikefication of production and work organization
Conclusion
Chapter notes
Bibliography
Index.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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