Computer technology and the job of the First‐Line Supervisor
- 1 March 1987
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in New Technology, Work and Employment
- Vol. 2 (1) , 47-60
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-005x.1987.tb00073.x
Abstract
This article presents a detailed case study of changes in the job tasks of British Rail yard supervisors under the routine operation of a computerised system of freight information control in order to critically evaluate the claim that computer technology is contributing to the demise of first‐line supervisors.Keywords
This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
- COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY AND THE REDEFINITION OF SUPERVISION: A STUDY OF THE EFFECTS OF COMPUTERIZATION ON RAILWAY FREIGHT SUPERVISORSJournal of Management Studies, 1986
- Class Relationships at the Point of Production: A Case StudySociology, 1983
- Labor and Monopoly CapitalMonthly Review, 1974
- Some Socio-technical Aspects of AutomationHuman Relations, 1962