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People and Technology in the Workplace

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Size: 336 pages, 6 x 9

Publication Year:1991


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Quick introduction of new technology is essential to America's competitiveness. But the success of new systems depends on their acceptance by the people who will use them. This new volume presents practical information for managers trying to meld the best ...
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Front Matter i-xii  
Designing for Technological Change: People in the Process 1-14 (skim)
Improving the Development, Acceptance, and Use of New Technology: Organizational and Interorganizational Challenges 15-56 (skim)
1. Automated Manufacturing Technologies 57-58 (skim)
Capitalizing on New Manufacturing Technologies: Current Problems and Emergent Trends in U.S. Industry 59-88 (skim)
Design and Implementation of a Process for a Large-Scale System Change at Boeing 89-101 (skim)
A Case History of Organizational Change: People and New Technology 102-118 (skim)
Achieving Excellence Through People, Technology, and Teamwork 119-130 (skim)
2. Medical Technologies 131-132 (skim)
The Process of Adopting Innovations in Organizations: Three Cases of Hospital Innovations 133-158 (skim)
Managing the Ambulatory Care Unit 159-170 (skim)
Technology and Intervention in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit 171-188 (skim)
Operations Research in Nurse Scheduling 189-226 (skim)
3. Office Automation echnologies 227-228 (skim)
Integrating New Tools into Information Work: Technology Transfer as a Framework for Understanding Success 229-252 (skim)
The Forest Service Information System 253-271 (skim)
Introducing a Computer-Based Human Resource System into the United Way 272-278 (skim)
Telecommunication in the News Industry: The Newsroom Before and After Computers 279-295 (skim)
A Business Approach to Technology: Shearson Lehman Commercial Paper Inc. 296-308 (skim)
Contributors 309-314 (skim)
Index 315-323 (skim)

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Quick introduction of new technology is essential to America's competitiveness. But the success of new systems depends on their acceptance by the people who will use them. This new volume presents practical information for managers trying to meld the best in human and technological resources.
The volume identifies factors that are critical to successful technology introduction and examines why America lags behind many other countries in this effort. Case studies document successful transitions to new systems and procedures in manufacturing, medical technology, and office automation--ranging from the Boeing Company's program to involve employees in decision making and process design, to the introduction of alternative work schedules for Mayo Clinic nurses.
This volume will be a practical resource for managers, researchers, faculty, and students in the fields of industry, engineering design, human resources, labor relations, sociology, and organizational behavior.

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