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| Tekijä: | Alkhafaji, A. F. |
| Otsikko: | Strategic applications of robotics technology. |
| Lehti: | Management Decision
1991 : VOL. 29:4, p. 49-54 |
| Asiasana: | ROBOTS STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT |
| Kieli: | eng |
| Tiivistelmä: | Currently in the USA it has been estimated that 10-12,000 robots are utilized in larger corporations. Future predictions calculate that within five to seven years up to 100,000 robots may be in use. It was predicted that by 1990 more than 50,000 new jobs would be created in making and maintaning robots in good condition. Enterprises must ackowledge future implications of such advacement on both management and employees. The strategic application of robotics technology is discussed, why it should be used extensively in the future, the fear of unemployment due to the robots, and the reorganization of traditional management practices. The application of robots in the developed and developing countries is also discussed. |
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