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Discuss the Impact of New Technology on the Organisation of Work.
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Thomas Kneafsey 0350173 Discuss the Impact of New Technology on the Organisation of Work In recent years most businesses have begun to invest heavily in 'New Technology'. This investment has lead to the introduction of computers and robots and the like to the production process and the workplace. This has had the implication of massive changes in work environments, work culture and in the organisational structure of work. One area which has seen significant change is the manufacturing sector. In the past manufacturing has very much been run along the Fordist, mass production model. Here, workers very much were limited to a narrow set of tasks that they were required to repeat time after time. Quality control was the responsibility of the supervisors. Now companies have moved away from this basis and aim to be much more flexible in their operations. Robots have been introduced to perform the basic tasks, removing much...
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