{"product_id":"forcing-the-factory-of-the-future-cybernation-and-societal-institutions-hardback-9780521572064","title":"Forcing the Factory of the Future; Cybernation and Societal Institutions (Hardback) 9780521572064","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eForcing the Factory of the Future\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eCybernation and Societal Institutions\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA comparative analysis of the impact of automation and computerisation on the metalworking industry.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBryn Jones (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521572064, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 26 June 1997\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e318 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm, 0.66 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIs 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePart I. The Workshop Versus the Factory: 1. Introduction: explaining factory evolution\u003cbr\u003e 2. Past production paradigms: the workshop, Taylorism and Fordism\u003cbr\u003e 3. Productivity for prosperity: industrial renewal and Cold War politics\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Technologies of Control: 4. Technological evolution and the pathology of batch production\u003cbr\u003e 5. Numerical control, work organisation and societal institutions\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Cybernation and flexibility: 6. The cybernated factory and the American dream\u003cbr\u003e 7. An American deviant: FMS at Alpha\u003cbr\u003e 8. Easy-peasy Japanesey: flexible automation in Japan\u003cbr\u003e 9. Revolution from above: FMS in Britain\u003cbr\u003e 10. The third Italy and technological dualism\u003cbr\u003e 11. Conclusion: the struggle continues.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Labour economics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Labour economics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Labour%20economics%20%5BKCF%5D%22\"\u003eKCF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46066001641752,"sku":"9780521572064","price":43.38,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521572064i.jpg?v=1691408701","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/forcing-the-factory-of-the-future-cybernation-and-societal-institutions-hardback-9780521572064","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}