Bibliograph

Forcing the future, cybernation and societal institutions, Bryn Jones

Type

Label

Forcing the future, cybernation and societal institutions, Bryn Jones

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Forcing the future

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

47009569

Responsibility statement

Bryn Jones

Series statement

Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks

Sub title

cybernation and societal institutions

Summary

Is computerised production transforming work roles, as recent debates about flexible specialisation and post-Fordist manufacturing suggest? This book focuses on the key case of metalworking batch production in Britain, Italy, Japan and the USA. Looking at technological, political and social developments from a comparative perspective, it suggests that comprehensive factory principles never fully replaced workshop organisation. Drawing on empirical case studies of flexible manufacturing systems, Bryn Jones offers a new distinction between the bureaucratic bias of Taylorism and the product standardisation approach of Fordism, and questions whether computerised production is transcending Fordism. Instead of the often predicted models of deskilled, centrally controlled work, or a decentralised craft renaissance, he shows a greater likelihood of national variations between factory and workshop principles continuing into the contemporary age of computerisation.--, Provided by publisher

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