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

by Robert J. Thomas

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Virtually every manufacturing company has plans for an automated "factory of the future." But Robert J. Thomas argues that smart machines may not hold the key to an industrial renaissance. In this provocative and enlightening book, he takes us inside four successful manufacturing enterprises to reveal the social and political dynamics that are an integral part of new production technology. His interviews with nearly 300 individuals, from top corporate...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0520081315

ISBN13:9780520081314

Release Date:March 1994

Publisher:University of California Press

Length:336 Pages

Weight:1.05 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"

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Engineering Political Science Politics & Social Sciences Technology

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