The Management of Technical Change: Automation in the UK and USA Since1950

ISBN-13: 9781403991744 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 274 str.

Alan Booth

Opis

This book examines the management of technical change in Britain and the USA in the years since 1945, focusing on the automation of manufacturing and office processes. The management of change is analysed within a political-economic and comparative framework.

Spis treści

Automation: The Political and Economic Context Global and National Politics of Production The Enterprise Level, 1: Automation and Crises of Authority in Engineering The Enterprise Level, 2: Feedback Mechanisms and Computer Control in the Continuous Flow Industries The Enterprise Level, 3: Computers, Clerical Work and Management The Enterprise Level, 4: Bank Automation Conclusion

O autorze

ALAN BOOTH is Reader in Economic History at University of Exeter, UK. He has previously held positions in the Departments of Economic and Social History at University of Nottingham and University of Sheffield. He was also a Visiting Professor at the Institute of Economic Research at Hitotsubashi University in Japan. He has authored, edited and contributed to numerous books on the subjects relating to economic and social history.