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Produktbild: Thomas, R: What Machines Can't Do

Thomas, R: What Machines Can't Do Politics and Technology in the Industrial Enterprise

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Beschreibung

Produktdetails

Einband

Taschenbuch

Erscheinungsdatum

13.05.1994

Abbildungen

10 b&w illustrations, 3 tables

Herausgeber

Robert J. Thomas

Verlag

De Gruyter Oldenbourg

Seitenzahl

336

Maße (L/B/H)

22,9/15,2/1,9 cm

Gewicht

510 g

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-0-520-08701-9

Beschreibung

Produktdetails

Einband

Taschenbuch

Erscheinungsdatum

13.05.1994

Abbildungen

10 b&w illustrations, 3 tables

Herausgeber

Robert J. Thomas

Verlag

De Gruyter Oldenbourg

Seitenzahl

336

Maße (L/B/H)

22,9/15,2/1,9 cm

Gewicht

510 g

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-0-520-08701-9

Herstelleradresse

De Gruyter
Genthiner Straße 13
10785 Berlin
DE
orders-books@degruyter.com

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  • Produktbild: Thomas, R: What Machines Can't Do
  • Preface

    1. Introduction
    Bridging Determinism and Choice
    The Power-Process Perspective
    History Matters
    Dissimilar Logics in an Organizational Context
    Choice, Change, and Worldviews
    Understanding Technological Choice and Change
    Case Studies in Context
    Research Methods
    Site and Case Selection
    Reporting Findings
    Organization of the Book

    2. Technology as a Power Tool:
    Technological Choice in an Aircraft Company
    The Industrial and Organizational Context
    The Aircraft Company
    Case 1: The Flexible Machining System
    Choosing Between Technologies
    Symptoms Versus Causes
    Bringing Interests to the Surface
    Choosing Within the Technology
    Finessing the ROI
    Pitching the Technology
    Implementing the Technology
    Symbolic Sensors
    Conclusion

    Case 2: The Robotized Assembly Cell
    Choosing Between Technologies
    The Dangers of "Real Engineering"
    Going Outside, Not Inside, for Help
    Choosing Within the Technology
    Preventing a Range War
    Least Common Denominator
    Implementing the Technology
    Epilogue
    Conclusion

    Case 3: Shop-Programmable Machine Tools
    Choosing Between Technologies
    Choosing Within the Technology
    Implementing the Technology
    Conclusion
    Conclusions and Implications

    3. Between Invention and Convention:
    Technological Choice in a Computer Company
    The Industrial and Organizational Context
    The Technology
    Choosing Between Technologies
    The Official Story
    The Unofficial Story
    Between Convention and Invention
    Building a Movement
    Networking
    An External Threat
    Product Openings
    Choosing Within the Technology
    The Great Investment Bake-Off
    Implementing the Technology
    East Coast: From Slack to Stress
    The Temp Solution
    Back to Convention
    West Coast: Lights On or Lights Out?
    Too Much Technology
    The Cult of the Expert
    Conclusion

    4. Collaborative Change:
    Technological Choice in an Aluminum Company
    The Aluminum Products Company
    The Technology
    Choosing Between Technologies
    Choosing Within the Technology
    Implementing the Technology
    Up and Running
    Hitting a Brick Wall
    Communicating Across Boundaries
    Conclusion

    5. A Contest over Content:
    Technological Choice in the Auto Industry
    The Auto Company
    The Technology
    Choosing Between Technologies
    Corporate Control
    Plant Autonomy
    Union-Management Relations
    Manufacturing Renaissance and Real Engineering
    From Context to Content
    Choosing Within the Technology
    Contested Technology
    A Language of Common Interests
    Getting to "Yes"
    Implementing the Technology
    Owning the Technology
    Up and Running
    Conclusion

    6. Politics and Technology
    The Limits ofT echnological Determinism
    The Impact of Organization on Technology
    Breaking Institutional Molds from Within
    How Independent Is Technology?
    The Limits of Social Choice
    Whose Strategy? Whose Choice?
    Class Action?
    The Power-Process Perspective: An Elaboration
    Purposive Structuring
    The Political Hand
    Technology Politics
    Crossing the Bridge Between Determinism and Choice
    The Politics of Innovation and Innovative Politics
    Implications for Research and Theory

    7. The Politics and Aesthetics of Manufacturing
    Politics and Change
    The Status of Manufacturing
    Design H Manufacturing?
    Knowledge and Power
    Product and Process Reconsidered
    The Search for an Aesthetic of Process

    Appendix 1. Talking Technology
    Appendix 2. Preliminary Coding Categories
    Appendix 3. Definition of Coding Categories
    References
    Index