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Beyond Taylorism

Computerization and the New Industrial Relations

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  • © 1992

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Authors:
  1. Lorraine Giordano

    1. National Center for Research in Vocational Education, University of California, Berkeley, USA

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Lorraine Giordano
      Pages 1-17

  3. Site Description and Methodology

    1. Site Description and Methodology

      • Lorraine Giordano
      Pages 18-24

  4. Automation and the Labour Process

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 25-25
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    2. Review of the Literature

      • Lorraine Giordano
      Pages 27-34

    3. Automation on the Shopfloor: Machinists

      • Lorraine Giordano
      Pages 35-65

    4. Merger of Job Classifications

      • Lorraine Giordano
      Pages 66-80

    5. Process Engineers

      • Lorraine Giordano
      Pages 81-103

    6. Automation and the Design Process: Drafters

      • Lorraine Giordano
      Pages 104-126

    7. Design Drafters

      • Lorraine Giordano
      Pages 127-146

  5. The ‘New Industrial Relation’

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 147-147
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    2. Historical Overview and Review of the Literature

      • Lorraine Giordano
      Pages 149-157

    3. Quality Circles

      • Lorraine Giordano
      Pages 158-199

    4. Conclusions

      • Lorraine Giordano
      Pages 200-211

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 212-236
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This book explores two major contemporary changes in the workplace: the impact of computerization on skills and the organization of production; and the role of quality circles in the 'democratization' of the workplace and the reorganization of bureaucratic decision-making. It is concerned with the labour processes which experience deskilling, reskilling and shifts in the lines of demarcation between occupations. Participation in quality circles raises issues of conflict rather than labour-management cooperation and management's attempt to undermine collective bargaining agreements.

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  • National Center for Research in Vocational Education, University of California, Berkeley, USA

    Lorraine Giordano

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