What Machines Can't Do

Politics and Technology in the Industrial Enterprise

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Robert J Thomas

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Virtually every manufacturing company has plans for an automated "factory of the future." But Robert J. Thomas argues that smart machines may not hold the key to an industrial renaissance. In this provocative study, he takes the reader inside four successful manufacturing enterprises to reveal the social and political dynamics that are an integral part of new production technology. His interviews with nearly 300 individuals, from top corporate executives to engineers to union representatives, offer surprising insights into the organizational power struggles that determine the form and performance of new technologies. Thomas urges managers not to put blind hopes into smarter machines but to find smarter ways to organize people.

Author Biography:

Robert J. Thomas is Professor of Organizational Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the author of Citizenship, Gender, and Work: Social Organization of Industrial Agriculture (California, 1985).

Release date Australia

March 25th, 1994

Author

Robert J Thomas

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Pages

336

Dimensions

152x229x18

ISBN-13

9780520087019

Product ID

25171046

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