In the Age of the Smart Machine

The Future of Work and Power

by Shoshana Zuboff

ISBN: 0465032125
ISBN-13: 9780465032129
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Publisher: Basic Books
Published date: 1988
Pages: 468

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This study of the advent of computers in the workplace examines the impact of automation on workers in several fields, concluding that business must integrate their employees with new technologies if automation is to succeed.

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