Work and technological change / Stephen R. Barley.
2020
T14.5
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Title
Work and technological change / Stephen R. Barley.
Author
Barley, Stephen R., author.
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780191836510 (electronic book)
Published
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (176 pages) : illustrations.
Call Number
T14.5
Dewey Decimal Classification
303.483
Summary
The chapters of this work summarize the results of 35 years dedicated to studying how technologies change work & organizations. The first chapter places current developments in artificial intelligence into the historical context of previous technological revolutions by drawing on William Faunce's argument that the history of technology is one of progressive automation of the four components of any production system: energy, transformation, & transfer & control technologies. The second chapter lays out a role-based theory of how technologies occasion changes in organizations. The third chapter tackles the issue of how to conceptualize a more thorough approach to assessing how intelligent technologies, such as AI, can shape work & employment. The fourth chapter discusses what has been learned over the years about the fears that arise when one sets out to study technical work & technical workers.
Note
The chapters of this work summarize the results of 35 years dedicated to studying how technologies change work & organizations. The first chapter places current developments in artificial intelligence into the historical context of previous technological revolutions by drawing on William Faunce's argument that the history of technology is one of progressive automation of the four components of any production system: energy, transformation, & transfer & control technologies. The second chapter lays out a role-based theory of how technologies occasion changes in organizations. The third chapter tackles the issue of how to conceptualize a more thorough approach to assessing how intelligent technologies, such as AI, can shape work & employment. The fourth chapter discusses what has been learned over the years about the fears that arise when one sets out to study technical work & technical workers.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on September 25, 2020).
Series
Clarendon lectures in management studies.
Oxford scholarship online.
Oxford scholarship online.
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Print version: 9780198795209
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