What machines can't do: politics and technology in the industrial enterprise
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Berkeley [u.a.]
Univ. of California Press
1994
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Beschreibung: | Literaturverz. S. 293 - 306 |
Beschreibung: | XVIII, 314 S. graph. Darst. |
ISBN: | 0520081315 |
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adam_text | Preface xiii
1. Introduction 1
Bridging Determinism and Choice 7
The Power Process Perspective 9
History Matters 10
Dissimilar Logics in an Organizational Context 16
Choice, Change, and Worldviews 21
Understanding Technological Choice and Change 31
Case Studies in Context 31
Research Methods 32
Site and Case Selection 34
Reporting Findings 38
Organization of the Book 39
2. Technology as a Power Tool:
Technological Choice in an Aircraft Company 41
The Industrial and Organizational Context 42
The Aircraft Company 47
Case 1: The Flexible Machining System 48
Choosing Between Technologies 48
Symptoms Versus Causes 50
Bringing Interests to the Surface 55
viii Contents
Choosing Within the Technology 58
Finessing the ROI 58
Pitching the Technology 59
Implementing the Technology 62
Symbolic Sensors 62
Conclusion 64
Case 2: The Robotized Assembly Cell 65
Choosing Between Technologies 67
The Dangers of Real Engineering 68
Going Outside, Not Inside, for Help 70
Choosing Within the Technology 71
Preventing a Range War 72
Least Common Denominator 74
Implementing the Technology 75
Epilogue 75
Conclusion 75
Case 3: Shop Programmable Machine Tools 76
Choosing Between Technologies 77
Choosing Within the Technology 79
Implementing the Technology 80
Conclusion 82
Conclusions and Implications 82
3. Between Invention and Convention:
Technological Choice in a Computer Company 88
The Industrial and Organizational Context 90
The Technology 94
Choosing Between Technologies 96
The Official Story 97
The Unofficial Story 98
Between Convention and Invention 99
Building a Movement 102
Networking 104
An External Threat 110
Product Openings 111
Choosing Within the Technology 113
The Great Investment Bake Off 114 ¦
Contents ix
Implementing the Technology 117
East Coast: From Slack to Stress 118
The Temp Solution 121
Back to Convention 124
West Coast: Lights On or Lights Out? 125
Too Much Technology 127
The Cult of the Expert 128
Conclusion 131
4. Collaborative Change:
Technological Choice in an Aluminum Company 135
The Aluminum Products Company 137
The Technology 139
Choosing Between Technologies 142
Choosing Within the Technology 147
Implementing the Technology 148
Up and Running 153
Hitting a Brick Wall 154
Communicating Across Boundaries 158
Conclusion 163
5. A Contest over Content:
Technological Choice in the Auto Industry 166
The Auto Company 168
The Technology 171
Choosing Between Technologies 173
Corporate Control 174
Plant Autonomy 176
Union Management Relations 178
Manufacturing Renaissance and Real Engineering 180
From Context to Content 183
Choosing Within the Technology 184
Contested Technology 186
A Language of Common Interests 188
Getting to Yes 193
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Implementing the Technology 193
Owning the Technology 194
Up and Running 197
Conclusion 198
6. Politics and Technology 202
The Limits of Technological Determinism 204
The Impact of Organization on Technology 204
Breaking Institutional Molds from Within 208
How Independent Is Technology? 211
The Limits of Social Choice 213
Whose Strategy? Whose Choice? 213
Class Action? 219
The Power Process Perspective: An Elaboration 223
Purposive Structuring 225
The Political Hand 228
Technology Politics 230
Crossing the Bridge Between Determinism and Choice 232
The Politics of Innovation and Innovative Politics 235
Implications for Research and Theory 241
7. The Politics and Aesthetics of Manufacturing 246
Politics and Change 247
The Status of Manufacturing 249
Design » Manufacturing? 251
Knowledge and Power 251
Product and Process Reconsidered 255
The Search for an Aesthetic of Process 257
Appendix 1. Talking Technology 261
Appendix 2. Preliminary Coding Categories 279
Appendix 3. Definition of Coding Categories 283
References 293
Index 307
Figures and Table
Figure 1. Stages in the Process of Technological Change 14
Figure 2. The Process of Technological Change Viewed
Comparatively 15
Figure 3. The Process of Technological Change Viewed
Comparatively by Stage 15
Figure 4. Stages and Levels in the Process of Technological
Change 23
Figure 5. Stages and Levels in the Power Process Model of
Technological Change 26
Figure 6. Flexible Machining System 49
Figure 7. Schematic Drawing of Robotized Assembly Cell 66
Figure 8, Segmented Wire Making Process 140
Figure 9. Continuous Wire Making Process 141
Figure 10. Flexible Machining System 172
Figure 11. Timetable of Research 272
Table 1. Characteristics of Research Sites and Interview
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