The anatomy of work
Subtitle: labor, leisure, and the implications of automation
By: Georges Friedmann ; with a new introduction by Donald C. King ; translated by Wyatt Rawson.
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Published: 1992
Place of publication: New Brunswick (U.S.A.)
Language: eng
Number of pages: 203
Subjects: Employees -- Effect of automation on.; Work.; Labor.; Leisure.
Description: The consequences of narrow work specialization are critical not only for workers and employers but for civilization as a whole. In The Anatomy of Work, George Friedmann elucidates the large and small questions raised by this evolutionary moment in human labor and development. Donald C. King's introduction to this new edition discusses the impact of Friedmann's work on later researchers and assesses its relative strengths and weaknesses in forecasting future trends, particularly in regard to automation. This is pioneering study on how work is organic to human identity.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Originally published: New York : Free Press of Glencoe, 1962.