ABSTRACT
This book, originally published in 1984, established the need for a strategic managerial response to the new technology, which relies on an understanding of the real effects of technology - on organisational structure, manageemnt style and employee relations. It assesses the impact of the new information technology on manufacturing systems, employment levels and types, industrial relations and finally on marketing and external relationships.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|60 pages
The New Information Technology and Production Systems
part II|67 pages
Management Implications – Employment Issues
part III|45 pages
Management Implications in Industrial Relations
part IV|98 pages
Management Issues — Information, Control and Structure