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catalog contributor b5713299.
catalog created "c1994.".
catalog date "1994".
catalog date "c1994.".
catalog dateCopyrighted "c1994.".
catalog description "1. Introduction. Bridging Determinism and Choice. The Power-Process Perspective. History Matters. Dissimilar Logics in an Organizational Context. Choice, Change, and Worldviews. Understanding Technological Choice and Change. Case Studies in Context. Research Methods. Site and Case Selection. Reporting Findings. Organization of the Book -- 2. Technology as a Power Tool: Technological Choice in an Aircraft Company. The Industrial and Organizational Context. The Aircraft Company. Case 1: The Flexible Machining System. Choosing Between Technologies. Choosing Within the Technology. Implementing the Technology. Case 2: The Robotized Assembly Cell. Choosing Between Technologies. Choosing Within the Technology. Implementing the Technology. Case 3: Shop-Programmable Machine Tools. Choosing Between Technologies. Choosing Within the Technology. Implementing the Technology -- 3. Between Invention and Convention: Technological Choice in a Computer Company. The Industrial and Organizational Context. The Technology.".
catalog description "A Language of Common Interests. Getting to "Yes" Implementing the Technology. Owning the Technology. Up and Running -- 6. Politics and Technology. The Limits of Technological Determinism. The Impact of Organization on Technology. Breaking Institutional Molds from Within. How Independent is Technology? The Limits of Social Choice. Whose Strategy? Whose Choice? Class Action? The Power-Process Perspective: An Elaboration. Purposive Structuring. The Political Hand. Technology Politics. Crossing the Bridge Between Determinism and Choice. The Politics of Innovation and Innovative Politics. Implications for Research and Theory -- 7. The Politics and Aesthetics of Manufacturing. Politics and Change. The Status of Manufacturing. Design [actual symbol not reproducible] Manufacturing? Knowledge and Power. Product and Process Reconsidered. The Search for an Aesthetic of Process -- Appendix 1. Talking Technology -- Appendix 2. Preliminary Coding Categories -- Appendix 3. Definition of Coding Categories.".
catalog description "Choosing Between Technologies. The Official Story. The Unofficial Story. Between Convention and Invention. Building a Movement. Networking. An External Threat. Product Openings. Choosing Within the Technology. The Great Investment Bake-Off. Implementing the Technology. East Coast: From Slack to Stress. The Temp Solution. Back to Convention. West Coast: Lights On or Lights Out? Too Much Technology. The Cult of the Expert -- 4. Collaborative Change: Technological Choice in an Aluminum Company. The Aluminum Products Company. The Technology. Choosing Between Technologies. Choosing Within the Technology. Implementing the Technology. Up and Running. Hitting a Brick Wall. Communicating Across Boundaries -- 5. A Contest over Content: in the Auto Industry. The Auto Company. The Technology. Choosing Between Technologies. Corporate Control. Plant Autonomy. Union-Management Relations. Manufacturing Renaissance and Real Engineering. From Context to Content. Choosing Within the Technology. Contested Technology.".
catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
catalog extent "xviii, 314 p. :".
catalog identifier "0520081315".
catalog identifier "0520087011 (pbk) :".
catalog issued "1994".
catalog issued "c1994.".
catalog language "eng".
catalog publisher "Berkeley : University of California Press,".
catalog spatial "United States".
catalog subject "658.5/14 20".
catalog subject "Appropriate technology United States Case studies.".
catalog subject "HD45 .T43 1994".
catalog subject "Manufactures Technological innovations United States Case studies.".
catalog subject "Manufacturing industries Technological innovations United States Case studies.".
catalog subject "Manufacturing resource planning United States Case studies.".
catalog subject "Organizational change United States Case studies.".
catalog subject "Organizational change.".
catalog subject "Technological innovations Management.".
catalog subject "Technology Development Management".
catalog tableOfContents "1. Introduction. Bridging Determinism and Choice. The Power-Process Perspective. History Matters. Dissimilar Logics in an Organizational Context. Choice, Change, and Worldviews. Understanding Technological Choice and Change. Case Studies in Context. Research Methods. Site and Case Selection. Reporting Findings. Organization of the Book -- 2. Technology as a Power Tool: Technological Choice in an Aircraft Company. The Industrial and Organizational Context. The Aircraft Company. Case 1: The Flexible Machining System. Choosing Between Technologies. Choosing Within the Technology. Implementing the Technology. Case 2: The Robotized Assembly Cell. Choosing Between Technologies. Choosing Within the Technology. Implementing the Technology. Case 3: Shop-Programmable Machine Tools. Choosing Between Technologies. Choosing Within the Technology. Implementing the Technology -- 3. Between Invention and Convention: Technological Choice in a Computer Company. The Industrial and Organizational Context. The Technology.".
catalog tableOfContents "A Language of Common Interests. Getting to "Yes" Implementing the Technology. Owning the Technology. Up and Running -- 6. Politics and Technology. The Limits of Technological Determinism. The Impact of Organization on Technology. Breaking Institutional Molds from Within. How Independent is Technology? The Limits of Social Choice. Whose Strategy? Whose Choice? Class Action? The Power-Process Perspective: An Elaboration. Purposive Structuring. The Political Hand. Technology Politics. Crossing the Bridge Between Determinism and Choice. The Politics of Innovation and Innovative Politics. Implications for Research and Theory -- 7. The Politics and Aesthetics of Manufacturing. Politics and Change. The Status of Manufacturing. Design [actual symbol not reproducible] Manufacturing? Knowledge and Power. Product and Process Reconsidered. The Search for an Aesthetic of Process -- Appendix 1. Talking Technology -- Appendix 2. Preliminary Coding Categories -- Appendix 3. Definition of Coding Categories.".
catalog tableOfContents "Choosing Between Technologies. The Official Story. The Unofficial Story. Between Convention and Invention. Building a Movement. Networking. An External Threat. Product Openings. Choosing Within the Technology. The Great Investment Bake-Off. Implementing the Technology. East Coast: From Slack to Stress. The Temp Solution. Back to Convention. West Coast: Lights On or Lights Out? Too Much Technology. The Cult of the Expert -- 4. Collaborative Change: Technological Choice in an Aluminum Company. The Aluminum Products Company. The Technology. Choosing Between Technologies. Choosing Within the Technology. Implementing the Technology. Up and Running. Hitting a Brick Wall. Communicating Across Boundaries -- 5. A Contest over Content: in the Auto Industry. The Auto Company. The Technology. Choosing Between Technologies. Corporate Control. Plant Autonomy. Union-Management Relations. Manufacturing Renaissance and Real Engineering. From Context to Content. Choosing Within the Technology. Contested Technology.".
catalog title "What machines can't do : politics and technology in the industrial enterprise / Robert J. Thomas.".
catalog type "Case studies. fast".
catalog type "text".