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Labour process analysis and socio‐technical design: living apart together?
Author(s) -
Dankbaar Ben,
Hertog Friso
Publication year - 1990
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.1990.tb00124.x
Subject(s) - process (computing) , work (physics) , sociotechnical system , harbour , production (economics) , process management , design process , engineering , work in process , business , operations management , sociology , computer science , economics , knowledge management , mechanical engineering , microeconomics , programming language , operating system
Here the authors explore how the labour process approach and the socio‐technical approach can be used in the process of design and redesign of production organizations. The implications of both approaches are looked at in several cases of work reorganization in Rotterdam harbour.