| Description |
xiv, 336 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Note |
Revised briefing papers for a seminar at Stanford University in March 1990"--Pref. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Automation and competency requirements in manufacturing: A case study / Larry Hirschhorn and Joan Mokray -- Skill and occupational changes in U.S. manufacturing / Paul Attewell -- Automation and work in Britain / Peter J. Senker -- New concepts of production and the emergence of the systems controller / Horst Kern and Michael Schumann -- Institutions and incentives for developing work-related knowledge and skill / David Stern -- Issues in skill formation in Japanese approaches to automation / Robert E. Cole -- Technology, industrial relations, and the problem of organizational transformation / Robert J. Thomas and Thomas A. Kochan --Union initiatives to restructure industry in Australia / Max Ogden --Transforming the routines and contexts of management, work, and technology / Claudio U. Ciborra and Leslie S. Schneider -- Innovation and institutions: Notes on the Japanese paradigm / Thomas B. Lifson. |
| Subject |
Employees -- Effect of technological innovations on
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| Added Author |
Adler, Paul S.
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| ISBN |
0195071719 (acid-free paper) |
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