Managerial control of American workers
Subtitle: methods and technology from the 1880s to today
By: Mel van Elteren
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 335
ISBN-13: 9781476664996
Subjects: Organization; Industrial relations; Industrial management; History
Description: "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"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgments; title: Introduction; title: The rise of the factory system and the origins of systematic management; title: Taylorism and fordism, and their early impact on manufacturing and service work; title: Welfare capitalism and human relations as additional means of managerial control; title: Taylorization during World War II and the postwar automation movement; title: The "new nonunion model" and the great risk shift; title: Renewal of "flexible mass production" through a Japanese filter; title: Industrial rationalization of retail and service work intensified; title: Enhanced top-down management systems in manufacturing and office work; title: Enterprise resource planning : business process reengineering taken to the next level; title: Twists and turns of high-tech jobs and the reengineering of skilled white-collar work; title: Technology-first automation and the double-edged sword of decision-support systems; title: The extensive and intrusive reach of computer business systems; title: Robots : cooperating with or replacing human workers?; title: Digital information technologies and the nikefication of production and work organization; title: Conclusion; title: Chapter notes; title: Bibliography; title: Index.