Computerization and Work A Reader on Social Aspects of Computerization

Computerization and Work A Reader on Social Aspects of Computerization / edited by Ulrich Briefs, John Kjaer, Jean-Louis Rigal.

This reader contains contributions referring to one of the most urgent problems in systems design: the effects of computerization on human work and approaches to ameliorate systems design in order to create better conditions for living human work in a computerized world. Of course the choice of pape...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Briefs, Ulrich (Editor), Kjaer, John (Editor), Rigal, Jean-Louis (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 1985.
Edition:1st ed. 1985.
Series:IFIP State-of-the-Art Reports
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Computer science.
Information technology.
Business—Data processing.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • Section I
  • Information Technology and Work in the Present Society
  • Computers—A Gift of Fire
  • Information Technologies and Social Power
  • The Impact of Information Processing on the Working Class
  • Section II
  • The Major Specific Impacts of Computerization on Work
  • Computerization and Employment
  • Information Technology and Skills: Problems in Research and Politics
  • Computerized Information Systems in Personnel
  • Section III
  • Some Prerequisites for Systems Design in the Interest of the Workers
  • Individual and Social Implications of Data Processing and Office Automation in Service Industries
  • Participation in Technical Change
  • Computerization and Education
  • Section IV
  • Approaches in System Design for a Defense of Human Work
  • Organizational Consequences of the Use of EDP—How to Design Information Technology
  • Humanizing Computerized Information Systems
  • Conclusions
  • IFIP TC 9—Working Group 1 “Computers and Work” Conclusions and Recommendations from the Workshop on the Effects of Computerization on Employment
  • IFIP TC 9—Working Group 1 “Computers and Work” Conclusions and Recommendations from the Workshop on the Effects of Computerization on Professional Skills
  • Sources and Acknowledgements.

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