INFO 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Iron Cage, Bombardier Innovia Metro, Scientific Management
22 Apr 2018
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The age of smart machines: automating, converts process to largely automatic operation. Informating: (cid:862)[i(cid:374)for(cid:373)atio(cid:374) te(cid:272)h(cid:374)ology] (cid:374)ot o(cid:374)ly i(cid:373)poses i(cid:374)for(cid:373)atio(cid:374) (cid:894)i(cid:374) the for(cid:373) of progra(cid:373)(cid:373)ed i(cid:374)stru(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s(cid:895) (cid:271)ut also produ(cid:272)es i(cid:374)for(cid:373)atio(cid:374). Information technology not only produces action but also produce a voice that symbolically renders events, objects, and pro(cid:272)esses so that they (cid:271)e(cid:272)o(cid:373)e (cid:448)isi(cid:271)le, k(cid:374)o(cid:449)a(cid:271)le, a(cid:374)d sharea(cid:271)le i(cid:374) a (cid:374)e(cid:449) (cid:449)ay(cid:863) (cid:894))u(cid:271)off, The iron cage: rationalization, (cid:862) ratio(cid:374)alizatio(cid:374) (cid:373)ea(cid:374)s a histori(cid:272)al dri(cid:448)e to(cid:449)ards a (cid:449)orld i(cid:374) (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h (cid:862)o(cid:374)e (cid:272)a(cid:374), i(cid:374) pri(cid:374)(cid:272)iple, (cid:373)aster all thi(cid:374)gs (cid:271)y (cid:272)al(cid:272)ulatio(cid:374)(cid:863) (cid:894)we(cid:271)er, (cid:1005)9(cid:1005)9, p. (cid:1005)(cid:1007)9(cid:895) Iron cage: refers to the increased rationalization inherent in social life, particularly in western capitalist societies, traps individuals in systems based purely on teleological efficiency, rational calculation and control. Icts and alternative forms of work: relaxation of spatial and temporal constraints allows for the decomposition of work into multiple segments of subtasks that can be performed at different times and/or locations.
