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In the Age of the Smart Machine: The Future of Work and Power Paperback - 1989

by Shoshana Zuboff

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A Harvard social scientist argues that today's computer revolution in the workplace confronts us with a momentous choice either to automate, dehumanizing work and alienating workers, or to informate, giving workers the knowledge to make critical, collaborative judgments.

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A noted Harvard social scientist documents the pitfalls and promises of computerized technology in business life.

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  • Title In the Age of the Smart Machine: The Future of Work and Power
  • Author Shoshana Zuboff
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Edition Unstated
  • Pages 468
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Basic Books, New York
  • Publication date 1989-09-11
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780465032112 / 0465032117
  • Weight 1.43 lbs (0.65 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.25 x 6.12 x 1.42 in (23.50 x 15.54 x 3.61 cm)
  • Category Business / Economics / Finance
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 87047777
  • Dewey Decimal Code 338.06

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  • Publishers Weekly, 08/04/1989, Page 0
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