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

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