Work Study: Volume 45 Issue 5

Intranets

Anna Baines

The Intranet has been said to be the most important technological development since the personal computer. Explains that Intranets arise from the spectacular growth of the…

Desktop video conferencing

John Lynch

Desktop video conferencing offers the potential for improvements in communication and in team‐based working. It also offers the potential to reduce the time and cost involved in…

New developments in organizing around markets

Messan Klouvi, Brian H. Kleiner

A closer look into the business environment shows how rapidly technological changes have been reshaping the industrial and service world. Manufacturing an automobile or a machine…

Last in ‐ first out: now that is redundant

John Muir

Redundancy is almost always a painful time ‐ for organizations and for those individuals made redundant. The traditional way of selecting employees was a simple last in ‐ first…

Something fishy: tradition, technology and women’s employment

Helga Drummond, Julia A. Kingstone Hodgson

Relatively few women are employed in the so‐called “heavy industries” because the technology acts as a barrier to recruitment. Argues that apparently essential working practices…

Set them free

Andy Dawson

The creativity and productivity of architects, engineers and many others in the world of computer aided design are being severely hampered because too many designers are without…