Beyond Mechanization

Work and Technology in a Postindustrial Age

Larry Hirschhorn (Ctr For Applied Research)

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MIT Press
07 February 1986

Sociology: work & labour; Impact of science & technology on society

Series: Beyond Mechanization

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 judgment has become increasingly important. The new technology also blurs the line between managing and working, requiring workers - craftsmen, machine operators, or engineers - to become generalists who will have to deal with unstructured and open-ended problems. Hirschhorn links theory to the shop floor, examining such issues as the role of unions and the economics of the job shop and describes a new type of factory setting where supervisors are teachers and workers are organized into teams paid according to how much they have learned.

By: Larry Hirschhorn (Ctr For Applied Research)
Imprint: MIT Press
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 318g
ISBN: 9780262580816
ISBN 10: 0262580810
Series: Beyond Mechanization
Pages: 200
Publication Date: 07 February 1986
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Larry Hirschhorn is principal and senior research manager at the Wharton Center for Applied Research.

Reviews for Beyond Mechanization: Work and Technology in a Postindustrial Age

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