Jones, Bryn,  1946- <br/><br/>
Forcing the future :  cybernation and societal institutions / 
Bryn Jones. 
 - New York :  Cambridge University Press,  1997. 
 - 1 online resource (xvi, 300 pages) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 272-289) and index. 
<br/><br/>Pt. 1. The workshop versus the factory -- pt. 2. Technologies of control -- pt. 3. Cybernation and flexibility. 
<br/><br/> Is computerised production transforming work roles, as recent debates about flexible specialisation and post-Fordist manufacturing suggest? This book focuses on the key case of metalworking batch production in Britain, Italy, Japan and the USA. Looking at technological, political and social developments from a comparative perspective, it suggests that comprehensive factory principles never fully replaced workshop organisation. Drawing on empirical case studies of flexible manufacturing systems, Bryn Jones offers a new distinction between the bureaucratic bias of Taylorism and the product standardisation approach of Fordism, and questions whether computerised production is transcending Fordism. Instead of the often predicted models of deskilled, centrally controlled work, or a decentralised craft renaissance, he shows a greater likelihood of national variations between factory and workshop principles continuing into the contemporary age of computerisation. 
<br/><br/><br/>English. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0511002505 9780511002502 0511582501 9780511582509 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>96044802  
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GB97-51518 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Production management--Data processing.<br/>Flexible manufacturing systems.<br/>TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING--Industrial Engineering.<br/>Flexible manufacturing systems.<br/>Production management--Data processing.<br/>Flexibele productiesystemen.<br/>Productiemanagement.<br/>Dataprocessing.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.<br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>TS157  / .J66 1997eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>670.42/7