Windows on the Workplace

Name: Windows on the Workplace
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ISBN: 9781583671139

ISBN-10: 1583671137

ISBN-13: 9781583671139

Edition: 2nd 2004

Authors: Joan M. Greenbaum

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"A valuable contribution to public policy debates concerning the workplace of the future and the nature and implications of the 'information economy.'" Choice (of the first edition) In this eye-opening book, Joan Greenbaum tells the story of changes in management policies, work organization, and the design of office information systems from the 1950s to the present. She describes the impact of new technologies on the organization of working life with a keen awareness of the social forces that seek to benefit from them, showing how the process is driven by the needs of capitalist profit and control over the workforce rather than the good of society or greater efficiency. Windows on the…

Book details

List price: $17.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Monthly Review Press
Publication date: 6/1/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 1770
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.93" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English



Preface



Introduction: Through the Looking Glass



The 1950s and 1960s: Dawn of the Computer Age



The 1970s: The Office as the Factory of the Future



The 1980s: Stumbling Toward "Automated" Offices



The Early 1990s: Reengineering the Office



The Late 1990s: Enter the Internet



The Office of the Future Is Everywhere



Shaking Off False Assumptions


Postscript


Endnotes


Useful Resources


Index