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Title:
In the age of the smart machine : the future of work and power
Author:
Zuboff, Shoshana, 1951-
ISBN:
9780465032129

9780465032112
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Publication Information:
New York : Basic Books, ©1988.
Physical Description:
xix, 468 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents:
Introduction: Dilemmas of Transformation in the Age of the Smart Machine -- Knowledge and Computer-Mediated Work -- The Laboring Body: Suffering and Skill in Production Work -- The Abstraction of Industrial Work -- The White-Collar Body in History -- Office Technology as Exile and Integration -- Mastering the Electronic Text -- Authority: The Spiritual Dimension of Power -- What Was Managerial Authority? -- The Dominion of the Smart Machine -- The Limits of Hierarchy in an Informated Organization -- Technique: The Material Dimension of Power -- The Information Panopticon -- Panoptic Power and the Social Text -- Conclusion: Managing the Informated Organization -- The Scope of Information Technology in the Modern Workplace -- Notes on Field-Research Methodology.
Abstract:
An analysis of the impact of computer technology in the workplace. Includes in-depth interviews with workers and managers.
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