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The electronic sweatshop : how computers are transforming the office of the future into the factory of the past
- Title
- The electronic sweatshop : how computers are transforming the office of the future into the factory of the past / Barbara Garson.
- Author
- Garson, Barbara.
- Publication
- New York : Simon & Schuster, ©1988.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | HF5548 .G37 1988 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 288 pages; 22 cm
- Summary
- Based on interviews with an employee in a fast food outlet, an airline reservations clerk, a social worker, a stockbroker and other office workers or managers using computers.
- Subject
- Office practice > Automation
- Business > Data processing
- Clerks > Effect of automation on
- Professional employees > Effect of automation on
- Office Automation
- Business > Data processing
- Clerks > Effect of automation on
- Office practice > Automation
- Professional employees > Effect of automation on
- office
- computerization
- working conditions
- fast food
- catering
- office worker
- performance appraisal
- job satisfaction
- work organization
- skill obsolescence
- expert system
- bureau
- informatisation
- conditions de travail
- restauration rapide
- restauration
- employé de bureau
- appréciation des performances
- satisfaction au travail
- organisation du travail
- obsolescence des qualifications
- système expert
- oficina
- computerización
- condiciones de trabajo
- restauración rápida
- restauración
- empleado de oficina
- apreciación de la actuación
- satisfacción en el trabajo
- organización del trabajo
- obsolescencia de calificaciones
- sistema experto
- USA
- Etats-Unis
- Estados Unidos
- Genre/Form
- case study.
- reference.
- étude de cas.
- référence bibliographique.
- estudio de casos.
- referencia.
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. [271]-273.
- Contents
- With McDonald's -- we do it all for you -- With reservations -- the automated social worker -- The Machine will see you now -- The Wall Street broker:decline of a salesman -- Manufactured advice -- The future of monogamy in the office -- Electronic surveillance -- Piecework professionals -- command and control.
- ISBN
- 0671530496
- 9780671530495
- LCCN
- 88003045
- OCLC
- ocm17483661
- 17483661
- SCSB-1717965
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library