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Additional authors

1. Altmann, Norbert, 1933-
2. Köhler, Christoph, 1950-
3. Meil, Pamela, 1954-
4. Institut für Sozialwissenschaftliche Forschung (Munich, Germany)

Description

1. xii, 446 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

1. Examines the German manufacturing industry as compared to other European countries, including the development of new technology in German manufacturing, trends in rationalization and their influences on organizational behaviour, and the consequences of such changes on the workforce.

Subject

1. Industrial sociology > Germany (West)
2. Technological innovations > Germany (West)
3. Employees > Effect of technological innovations on > Germany (West)
4. Organizational change > Germany (West)
5. Industrial management > Germany (West)
6. Employees > Effect of technological innovations on
7. Industrial management
8. Industrial sociology
9. Organizational change
10. Technological innovations
11. Arbeitsbedingungen
12. Geschichte
13. Industrie
14. Neue Technologie
15. Technischer Fortschritt
16. Arbeitsmarktpolitik
17. Technologiepolitik
18. Wirtschaftsentwicklung
19. Arbeidssociologie
20. technological change
21. work organization
22. industrial sector
23. division of labour
24. job content
25. work environment
26. working conditions
27. industrial management
28. computer integrated manufacturing
29. quality of working life
30. vocational training
31. training system
32. production function
33. small scale industry
34. trade union attitude
35. labour relations
36. changement technologique
37. organisation du travail
38. secteur industriel
39. division du travail
40. contenu des tâches
41. milieu de travail
42. conditions de travail
43. gestion industrielle
44. production intégrée par ordinateur
45. qualité de la vie de travail
46. formation professionnelle
47. système de formation
48. fonction de production
49. petite industrie
50. attitude syndicale
51. relations de travail
52. cambio tecnológico
53. organización del trabajo
54. sector industrial
55. división del trabajo
56. contenido del trabajo
57. ambiente de trabajo
58. condiciones de trabajo
59. gestión industrial
60. fabricación integrada mediante computadora
61. calidad de la vida de trabajo
62. formación profesional
63. sistema de formación
64. función de la producción
65. pequeña industria
66. actitud sindical
67. relaciones laborales
68. Germany (West)
69. Deutschland Bundesrepublik
70. France
71. Germany
72. Italy
73. Allemagne
74. Italie
75. Alemania
76. Francia
77. Italia

Genre/Form

1. bibliography.
2. illustration.
3. bibliographie.
4. bibliografía.
5. ilustración.

Contents

1. pt. I. Concepts. 1. No End in Sight -- Current Debates on the Future of Industrial Work / Norbert Altmann, Christoph Kohler and Pamela Meil. 2. Stranger in Paradise -- An American's Perspective on German Industrial Sociology / Pamela Meil. 3. The Contradictions of Post-Tayloristic Rationalization and the Uncertain Future of Industrial Work / Burkart Lutz. 4. Systemic Rationalization and Inter-Company Divisions of Labour / Dieter Sauer, Manfred Deiss, Volker Dohl, Daniel Bieber and Norbert Altmann -- pt. II. Development and Application of New Technologies. 5. On the History of NC-Technology -- Different Paths of Development / Hartmut Hirsch-Kreinsen. 6. The Role of Manufacturing Technology Markets in Systemic Rationalization Processes / Volker Dohl. 7. Thinking Machines, Dreaming Engineers? Towards Applied Expert System Technology / Manfred Moldaschl. 8. Computerized Manufacturing and Sensory Perception -- New Demands on the Analysis of Work / Fritz Bohle, Brigitte Milkau and Helmuth Rose.
2. pt. III. CIM and Organizational Change in the Mechanical Engineering Industries. 9. Diffusion of CIM-Technologies -- Dynamic Dissemination and Alternative Paths of Innovation / Rainer Schultz-Wild. 10. Technological Innovation -- Organizational Conservatism? / Christoph Kohler and Klaus Schmierl. 11. Flexible Manufacturing Systems and Work Organization / Marhild von Behr, Hartmut Hirsch-Kreinsen, Christoph Kohler, Christoph Nuber and Rainer Schultz-Wild. 12. Bringing Skills Back to the Process / Rainer Schultz-Wild -- pt. IV. Restructuring of Work in Mass Production Industries. 13. Work Structuring and Company Performance Policies / Norbert Altmann, Peter Binkelmann and Klaus Dull. 14. The Future of the Mass Production Worker / Gunter Bechtle and Klaus Dull. 15. Towards a Polarization of Skill Structures / Manfred Deiss -- pt. V. Job Structures and Skill Formation. 16. Vocational Training, Job Structures and the Labour Market -- An International Perspective / Werner Sengenberger.
3. 17. Education and Job Hierarchies -- Contrasting Evidence from France and Germany / Burkart Lutz. 18. Mechanical Engineer versus Computer Scientist -- Different Roads to CIM in France and Germany / Burkart Lutz and Pierre Veltz. 19. New Production Structures a l'Italiano? -- Similarities and Differences in the West German and Italian Steel Industries / Ingrid Drexel -- pt. VI. Large and Small Firms. 20. The Development and Structure of Small-Scale Firms / Stefanie Weimer. 21. Small Supplier Firms at the Crossroads -- Meeting New Challenges through Cooperative Retraining Schemes / Hans Gerhard Mendius and Stefanie Weimer. 22. Small Firms in Big Subcontracting / Klaus Semlinger -- pt. VII. New Technologies and Industrial Relations. 23. Union's Policies Towards New Technologies in the 1980's -- An Example from the Metal Industry / Norbert Altmann. 24. Rationalization Strategies and Representation of Worker Interests / Norbert Altmann.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Note

1. Research carried out at the Institut für Sozialwissenschaftliche Forschung, München.
2. Translated from German.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [418]-435) and index.