Isbn: 9781583671139 - Windows on the Workplace: Technology, Jobs, and the Organization of Office Work (16 results)

Paperback. Condition: New. 2nd ed.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Windows on the Workplace: Technology, Jobs, and the Organization of Office Work. Book.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition Published 1963/5th Printing. 170 pp. Tightly bound copy with clean and crisp pages. Soiling on page edges. Ben Smyth, BAD (Cover Design); CORBIS (Cover Photos); Terry J. Allen (Design & Typeset) (illustrator).

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. In this eye-opening book, Joan Greenbaum tells the story of changes in management policies, work organization, and the design of office information systems from the 1950s to the present. She describes the impact of new technologies on the organization of working life with a keen awareness of the social forces that seek to benefit from them, showing how the process is driven by the needs of capitalist profit and control over the workforce rather than the good of society or greater efficiency.Windows on the Workplace takes as its starting-point the experience of office workers and their own accounts of it. The book includes interviews with a wide range of workers, including young people entering a workplace in which the expectation of stable, long-term employment has all but disappeared. Greenbaum's approach is to locate their experiences and expectations within broader social and economic patterns, and to show how these patterns are constantly changing. In a field that is constantly changing, this book captures the moment and clarifies the direction in which it is moving. It exposes the myth that technological advance and free market economics are creating a better future for all, and reveals the reality behind the myth. A history of how office work has changed over the past 50 years. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 2nd edition. 176 pages. 8.75x6.00x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 2nd edition. 176 pages. 8.75x6.00x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.

Condition: New. pp. 176.

Condition: New. pp. 176.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - In this eye-opening book, Joan Greenbaum tells the story of changes in management policies, work organization, and the design of office information systems from the 1950s to the present. She describes the impact of new technologies on the organization of working life with a keen awareness of the social forces that seek to benefit from them, showing how the process is driven by the needs of capitalist profit and control over the workforce rather than the good of society or greater efficiency.Windows on the Workplace takes as its starting-point the experience of office workers and their own accounts of it. The book includes interviews with a wide range of workers, including young people entering a workplace in which the expectation of stable, long-term employment has all but disappeared. Greenbaum's approach is to locate their experiences and expectations within broader social and economic patterns, and to show how these patterns are constantly changing. In a field that is constantly changing, this book captures the moment and clarifies the direction in which it is moving. It exposes the myth that technological advance and free market economics are creating a better future for all, and reveals the reality behind the myth.…

Paperback. Condition: New. 2nd ed.

Condition: New. &Uumlber den AutorrnrnJoan Greenbaum is professor of computer information systems at La Guardia Community College and professor of environmental psychology at the Graduate Center, City University of New York.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. In this eye-opening book, Joan Greenbaum tells the story of changes in management policies, work organization, and the design of office information systems from the 1950s to the present. She describes the impact of new technologies on the organization of working life with a keen awareness of the social forces that seek to benefit from them, showing how the process is driven by the needs of capitalist profit and control over the workforce rather than the good of society or greater efficiency.Windows on the Workplace takes as its starting-point the experience of office workers and their own accounts of it. The book includes interviews with a wide range of workers, including young people entering a workplace in which the expectation of stable, long-term employment has all but disappeared. Greenbaum's approach is to locate their experiences and expectations within broader social and economic patterns, and to show how these patterns are constantly changing. In a field that is constantly changing, this book captures the moment and clarifies the direction in which it is moving. It exposes the myth that technological advance and free market economics are creating a better future for all, and reveals the reality behind the myth. A history of how office work has changed over the past 50 years. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Paperback. Condition: Good. EX LIBRARY BOOK.