Work process and digital time

Henri Acselrad ()

Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, 1998, vol. 18, issue 1, 181-193

Abstract: The paper presents a critical analysis of current conceptual framework appliedto identify technical knowledge content of industrial jobs. It points to the obsolescence ofthe notion of “task” traditionally used to describe workplaces and to control labor productivity.Based on empirical research on technological changes in control process of petrochemical,steel and pulp and paper companies, the author suggests that a new conceptionof time – a “digital” and qualitative type of time – replaces the traditional quantitative timethrough which taylorism established its control techniques. JEL Classification: J22; J21; J20.

Keywords: Work arrangements; structural change; automatization; time (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1998
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