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Technological Change /

Technological change is exciting as much as it is daunting. The arrival of new digital tools affects consumption patterns, types of employment and working conditions, and can pose challenges to organizations and individuals alike. Indeed, although technological change is a factor for economic growth...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Coron, Clotilde
Otros Autores: Gibert, Patrick
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2020.
Colección:Innovation, entrepreneurship, management series. Technological changes and human resources set ; v. 1.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover
  • Half-Title Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • I.1. First definitions
  • I.1.1. Technical, technological and technical objects
  • I.1.2. How can we address technological change? First elements
  • I.2 Technology, a social science
  • I.2.1. Three pillars
  • I.2.2. Contributions of the human and social sciences (HSS)
  • I.3. Structure of the book
  • 1. The Human and Social Sciences in the Face of Technological Change
  • 1.1. Approaches to technological change
  • 1.1.1. Technological determinism
  • 1.1.2. Social constructivism
  • 1.1.3. Joint structuring of technical and social aspects
  • 1.1.4. Limitation of established distinctions
  • 1.2. A brief history of technological change
  • 1.2.1. How can we tell the story?
  • 1.2.2. At the origins of the Industrial Revolution (from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance)
  • 1.2.3. The First Industrial Revolution (end of the 18th Century)
  • 1.2.4. The Second Industrial Revolution (late 19th Century to the 1910s)
  • 1.2.5. The Computer Revolution (from the late 1960s to the 1990s)
  • 1.2.6. The Digital Revolution (early 21st Century)
  • 2. Technological Change and Society
  • 2.1. Powers, institutions and technological change
  • 2.1.1. Fundamentals of political analysis and technology
  • 2.1.2. The role of the State
  • 2.1.3. Technological change in the age of globalization
  • 2.1.4. The dark side of technology
  • 2.2. Ethics in the face of technology
  • 2.2.1. Ethical evaluation of technology
  • 2.2.2. Three ethical issues under discussion
  • 2.3. Technological change and diversity
  • 2.3.1. Inclusive technology/exclusive technology
  • 2.3.2. Technologies that reflect their designers
  • 2.4. Technological change and ecology
  • 2.4.1. Technology, an answer to ecological challenges?
  • 2.4.2. Technology as a source of ecological degradation?
  • 3. Technological Change and Organization
  • 3.1. Omnipresence of the technical object in work activities
  • 3.1.1. The R & D function in the lead1
  • 3.1.2. Marketing challenged by digital transformation
  • 3.1.3. Factory 4.0
  • 3.1.4. e-HR
  • 3.2. The interaction of technological and organizational systems
  • 3.2.1. Technological change and organizational structure
  • 3.2.2. Technological change, and financial and human resources for innovation
  • 3.3. Technology as a liberator and control agent
  • 3.3.1. Prescriptive and assistive technologies
  • 3.3.2. Technological ambivalence: the same technology for empowerment and control purposes
  • 3.4. Technological change as a social process
  • 3.4.1. Changes in the social entity and management methods
  • 3.4.2. Support for employees whose activities are threatened by technological change
  • 3.4.3. The actors of technological change in organizations
  • 4. Technological Change and the Individual
  • 4.1. Activity and technical object
  • 4.1.1. The technical object in the activity system