The Management Implications Of New Information Technology

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This book, originally published in 1984, established the need for a strategic managerial response to the new technology, which relies on an understanding of the real effects of technology - on organisational structure, manageemnt style and employee relations. It assesses the impact of the new information technology on manufacturing systems, employment levels and types, industrial relations and finally on marketing and external relationships.

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  • Series: Routledge Library Editions: The Economics And Business Of Technology Vol. 41

  • Year: 2,018

  • Pages: 316

  • Pages In File: 316

  • Language: English

  • Topic: 6

  • Identifier: 0815351526, 9780815351528, 1351141228, 9781351141222

  • Org File Size: 54,642,400

  • Extension: pdf

  • Tags: Management Information Systems, Management Science, Microelectronics, Industrial Management

  • Toc: Cover page ......Page 1Halftitle page ......Page 2Title page ......Page 4Copyright page ......Page 5Title page ......Page 6Copyright page ......Page 7CONTENTS......Page 8LIST OF FIGURES......Page 10LIST OF TABLES......Page 12PREFACE......Page 14Chapter 1 MANAGEMENT AND NEW INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Nigel Piercy......Page 18PART I THE NEW INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND PRODUCTION SYSTEMS......Page 30Chapter 2 Information Technology in Engineering Production and Production Management Denis R. Towill......Page 32Chapter 3 THE IMPACT OF ROBOTS ON MANUFACTURING PROCESSES AND SOCIETY AT LARGE Paul Drazan......Page 65Chapter 4 INTELLIGENT SENSORS Bruce Batchelor and Simon Cotter......Page 73PART II MANAGEMENT IMPLICATIONS – EMPLOYMENT ISSUES......Page 90Chapter 5 THE IMPACT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ON THE WORK PLACE FRANK LAND......Page 92Chapter 6 THE APPLICATION OF MICROELECTRONICS TO THE OFFICE�� ORGANISATIONAL AND HUMAN IMPLICATIONS Richard J. Long......Page 112Chapter 7 NEW TECHNOLOGY AND FUTURE WORK PATTERNS Paul Blyton......Page 139PART III MANAGEMENT IMPLICATIONS IN INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS......Page 158Chapter 8 NEW TECHNOLOGY AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS: THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL ISSUES Michael Poole*......Page 160Chapter 9 THE IMPACT OF NEW TECHNOLOGY ON PARTICIPATIVE INSTITÜTKKS AND EMPLOYEE INVOLVEMENT Malcolm Warner......Page 178Chapter 10 THE MANAGEMENT/UNION RELATIONSHIP IN THE INTRODUCTION OF NEW TECHNOLOGY Annette Davies......Page 189PART IV MANAGEMENT ISSUES — INFORMATION, CONTROL AND STRUCTURE......Page 204Chapter 11 EMERGING TRENDS IN MANAGING NEW INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES Michael Earl......Page 206Chapter 12 CHANGES IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, ORGANISATIONAL DESIGN AND MANAGERIAL CONTROL Roger Mansfield......Page 233Chapter 13 CONTROL, STRUCTURE AND IDENTITY: MANAGERIAL PROBLEMS IN TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION Ian Nicholas......Page 248Chapter 14 MICROCOMPUTERS IN RETAILING: A CASE STUDY Lesley Sawers......Page 261Chapter 15 NEW INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND MARKETING SYSTEMS Nigel Piercy......Page 280AUTHOR INDEX......Page 302SUBJECT INDEX......Page 308