Cover page; Halftitle page; Title page; Copyright page; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Preface; 1 Conditions and Consequences of the Introduction of New Technology at Work; 2 Flexible Machining Systems in the Czechoslovak Engineering Industry; 3 The Introduction of New Technology in Industrial Enterprises of the German Democratic Republic: Two Case Studies; 4 New Technology and Work in Hungary: Technological Innovation Without Organisational Adaptation; 5 Technological Innovations and Work in the Soviet Union
6 The Taming of New Technology. A Polish Case Study on the Introduction of a Flexible Manufacturing System7 Introduction of Computerised Numerical Control and the Rationalisation of Production: the Belgian Case; 8 The Introduction and Use of CNC in the Federal Republic of Germany; 9 Technological Change in Four British Factories: Some Lessons from the Introduction of CNC Machine Tools; 10 Transforming Industrial Work in Finland; 11 Technological Changes in Two Dutch Factories: Control, Flexibility and Learning; Appendix Typology of Machine-tool Technologies; References; Index
