Forcing the factory of the future : cybernation and societal institutions /
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| Idioma: | English |
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New York :
Cambridge University Press,
1997.
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Taula de continguts:
- Pt. I. The workshop versus the factory. 1. Introduction: explaining factory evolution. 2. Past production paradigms: the workshop, Taylorism and Fordism. 3. Productivity for prosperity: industrial renewal and Cold War politics
- Pt. II. Technologies of control. 4. Technological evolution and the pathology of batch production. 5. Numerical control, work organisation and societal institutions
- Pt. III. Cybernation and flexibility. 6. The cybernated factory and the American dream. 7. An American deviant: FMS at Alpha. 8. Easy-peasy Japanesy: flexible automation in Japan. 9. Revolution from above: FMS in Britain. 10. The third Italy and technological dualism. 11. Conclusion: the struggle continues.