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New technology and job design: the case of CNC
Author(s) -
Burnes Bernard
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
new technology, work and employment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.889
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1468-005X
pISSN - 0268-1072
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-005x.1988.tb00093.x
Subject(s) - competence (human resources) , engineering , job design , manufacturing engineering , industrial engineering , computer science , engineering drawing , engineering management , mechanical engineering , management , job performance , job satisfaction , economics
This article is based on a three‐year study of the introduction and use of computer numerically controlled machine tools (CNC) into nine engineering companies. It rejects the view that technology determines job design and instead highlights the role of managerial values and competence and organisations’own structures and practices .