New Technology @ Work

This contemporary study of new information and communications technologies andtheir impact on the working world provides an analysis of the forces impactingon t... » 

This contemporary study of new information and communications technologies andtheir impact on the working world provides an analysis of the forces impactingon the organization of work and evaluates the strategies developed to utilizethem in socially and economically beneficial ways. It considers in depth theinfluence of new technologies on the manufacturing sector and addresses thechallenges posed to organizational design as technology encourages increasedflexibility at work. In addition it skilfully reviews the changes thatcharacterize the workplace and assesses the consequent challenges to industrialrelations training and employment policies. New Technology Work is animportant and uptodate analysis of technology in the workplace that takes aninternational approach to an innovative area of research. «