Programmable automation and employment practices in Brazilian industry

This thesis examines the labour implications of the diffusion of programmable automation (microelectronics-based automation) in Brazilian industry. The objective of the thesis is to investigate whether the new technology is contributing to the superseding of TayloristlFordist forms of work organisat...

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Main Author: Carvalho, Ruy de Quadros
Published: University of Sussex 1993
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.357248