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| Author: | Kelley, M. R. |
| Title: | Programmable automation and the skill question : A reinterpretation of the cross-national evidence. |
| Journal: | Human Systems Management
1986 : VOL. 6:3, p. 223-241 |
| Index terms: | MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY CAM AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE SKILLS MACHINE TOOLS INDUSTRY |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | Management's job design practices are examined. There is no evidence for a general tendency toward skill-upgrading. Differences in the skill and authority structure of production job associated with the introduction of programmable automation seem to be explainable by a number of factors: the form of the technology adopted,industrial relations systems,the experience of unexpected technical and logistical problems with the technology,and the pre-existing form of work organization. Three management approaches to design of jobs are presented. |
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