The Management of Technical Change [electronic resource] : Automation in the UK and USA since1950 /
Booth, A.author.
This book examines the management of technical change in manufacturing and services through an explicit political-economic framework. It examines the management of automation in Britain and America since 1950, and it applies the same useful framework to explore the impact of Japanization on both Britain and the US in the 1980s and 1990s.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; 1 The Political Economy of Technical Change; 2 World Roles and International Technology Transfer; 3 National Politics of Productivity and Technical Change; 4 Automation in Engineering; 5 The Continuous Flow Industries: Feedback Control and Computerisation; 6 Office Automation: Computers, Clerical Work and Management Systems; 7 Bank Automation; 8 Japanisation; Conclusion; Notes; References; Index
Includes bibliographical references (p. 228-263) and index.
This book examines the management of technical change in manufacturing and services through an explicit political-economic framework. It examines the management of automation in Britain and America since 1950, and it applies the same useful framework to explore the impact of Japanization on both Britain and the US in the 1980s and 1990s.
Production management.
Management.
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Operations Management.
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