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

[Dick Steffens]

On 09/15/2015 06:25 AM, Rich Shepard wrote:
>     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>

I'm reminded of reading about an opposite approach -- at least in terms 
of breaking up the job in to small pieces -- written about in In Search 
of Excellence, where -- according to the story -- a janitor influenced 
the thinking of the plant manager who changed the assembly line into one 
where teams built things.

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Regards,

Dick Steffens