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| Author: | Winterton, J. |
| Title: | Social and technological characteristics of coal-face work: a temporal and spatial analysis |
| Journal: | Human Relations
1994 : VOL. 47:1, p. 89-118 |
| Index terms: | COAL MINING INDUSTRY TECHNOLOGY TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE WORK ORGANIZATION |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | This paper offers a re-evaluation of the Tavistock studies of coal mining during the 1950s by analyzing their relevance to the social and technological characteristics of coal-face work before and after the studies. The historical analysis draws upon documentary evidence , while the study of contemporary changes in coal-face work has involved a decade of interviews with miners, mining engineers, managers and union officials, supplemented with underground visits. Had the lessons of the Tavistock experiments been incorporated in the design of new technologies of coal production and the organization of face work, more human-centered work could have evolved without sacrificing improvements in productivity. |
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