Beyond Mechanization
Work and Technology in a Postindustrial Age
$54.07
- Paperback
200 pages
- Release Date
7 February 1986
Summary
Human skill and judgment are needed now more than ever to effectively run today’s complex computerized production systems. In this thought-provoking study of work, worker, and machine in the postindustrial age, Hirschhorn points out that factories will become places of learning where the worker must be able to diagnose and solve an array of problems generated by error-prone machine systems. With numerous examples he shows that the new technology can fail in unexpected ways and that human judg…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262580816 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262580810 |
| Author: | Larry Hirschhorn |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 200 |
| Release Date: | 7 February 1986 |
| Weight: | 318g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 15mm |
| Series: | Beyond Mechanization |
| Audience Age: | 18 |
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Critics Review
Ever since Henry Ford decided to build cars on an assembly line, monotony has been the lot of a growing number of American workers. Larry Hirschhorn has good news: the postindustrial age will bring variety and challenge to factory work. – Robert Wright * The New York Times Book Review *
About The Author
Larry Hirschhorn
Larry Hirschhorn is principal and senior research manager at the Wharton Center for Applied Research.
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