[PLUG-TALK] Digital Taylorism: 'Meatware' in the Knowledge Industries

Rich Shepard rshepard at appl-ecosys.com
Tue Sep 15 13:25:30 UTC 2015


   Time and motion studies did not fare well in the manufacturing world, so
the tech industry (and others) are applying them to the
information/knowledge industries. The recent NY Times report about amabots
made many of us aware of the problem for the first time.

   Read what Schumpter writes about this:

<http://www.economist.com/news/business/21664190-modern-version-scientific-management-threatens-dehumanise-workplace-digital>

Rich




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