New Technology @ Work

New Technology @ Work is a contemporary study of new information and communications technologies and their impact on the world of work. It provides an analysis of the forces impacting on the organization of work and evaluates the strategies developed to utilise them in socially and economically beneficial ways. It considers the influence of new technologies on the manufacturing sector and addresses the challenges posed to organizational design as technology encourages increased flexibility at work; it reviews the changes that characterize the workplace and assesses the consequent challenges to industrial relations, training and employment policies. New Technology & Work is an important and up-to-date analysis of technology in the workplace that takes an international approach to an innovative area of research.