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Technology Organizing

This article explores the dynamic interplay between technology, communication, and labor unions within the evolving landscape of work. It highlights trends such as decentralization, customization, and the fragile nature of linkages among virtual companies. As society adapts to rapid technological changes, the concept of the workplace transforms, envisioning an "Imaginary Workplace" characterized by unlimited resources and creativity. The discussion delves into lifelong education, the role of unions, and the potential emergence of new forms of democratic communities amidst globalization and de-industrialization.

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Technology Organizing

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  1. Technology Organizing Unions and Technology Design

  2. Computer Communication Tendencies

  3. Computer Communication Tendencies • Decentralization

  4. Computer Communication Tendencies • Decentralization • Customization

  5. Computer Communication Tendencies • Decentralization • Customization • Linkages made fragile and temporary

  6. Computer Communication Tendencies • Decentralization • Customization • Linkages made fragile and temporary • Hardware translated to software

  7. Computer Communication Tendencies • Decentralization • Customization • Linkages made fragile and temporary • Hardware translated to software • everything is connected

  8. Computer Communication Tendencies • Decentralization • Customization • Linkages made fragile and temporary • Hardware translated to software • everything is connected • A new biological metaphor

  9. Computer Communication Effects

  10. Computer Communication Effects • De-industrialization

  11. Computer Communication Effects • De-industrialization • Globalization

  12. Computer Communication Effects • De-industrialization • Globalization • Virtual Companies

  13. Computer Communication Effects • De-industrialization • Globalization • Virtual Companies • Dynamic Employer-Worker Arrangements

  14. Computer Communication Effects • De-industrialization • Globalization • Virtual Companies • Dynamic Employer-Worker Arrangements • Contracting-out

  15. Computer Communication Effects • Workplace • Education

  16. Computer Communication Effects • The Imaginary Workplace

  17. Computer Communication Effects • The Imaginary Workplace A workplace of unlimited resources

  18. Computer Communication Effects • The Imaginary Workplace A workplace of unlimited resources based on creativity

  19. Computer Communication Effects • The Imaginary Workplace A workplace of unlimited resources based on creativity which can produce full employment

  20. Computer Communication Effects • The Imaginary Workplace A workplace of unlimited resources based on creativity which can produce full employment and is predicated on democracy in the workplace.

  21. Computer Communication Effects • Education in the Imaginary Workplace

  22. Computer Communication Effects • Education in the Imaginary Workplace • workers become L’earners

  23. Computer Communication Effects • Education in the Imaginary Workplace • workers become L’earners • life-long training and education

  24. Computer Communication Effects • Education in the Imaginary Workplace • workers become L’earners • life-long training and education • computer-based distance education

  25. Computer Communication Effects • Education in the Imaginary Workplace • workers become L’earners • life-long training and education • computer-based distance education • more private educational activity than public

  26. Predicting Technologies

  27. Predicting Technologies • Entertainment and toy industry

  28. Predicting Technologies • Entertainment and toy industry • Corporate existence

  29. Predicting Technologies • Entertainment and toy industry • Corporate existence • Democratic communities

  30. Predicting Technologies • Entertainment and toy industry • Corporate existence • Democratic communities • The Internet

  31. Predicting Technologies • Entertainment and toy industry • Corporate existence • Democratic communities • The Internet • Linux

  32. Predicting Technologies • A period of rapid change

  33. Predicting Technologies • A period of rapid change • The ‘90s Gold Rush

  34. Predicting Technologies • A period of rapid change • Fast change means societies are easily deflected

  35. Predicting Technologies • A period of rapid change • Fast change means societies are easily deflected • Same arguments for laissez-faire capitalism

  36. Predicting Technologies • A period of rapid change • Fast change means societies are easily deflected • Same arguments for laissez-faire capitalism • We have to learn how to confront change

  37. Predicting Technologies • The technologies which exists today

  38. Predicting Technologies • The technologies which exists today are hazy prototypes of what will appear tomorrow.

  39. The Internet will disappear.

  40. Speaking of the “Internet” in 2003 is like speaking about the “Electricity” in 1903.

  41. The Internet • The Internet is an enabling, multi-purpose technology.

  42. The Internet • The Internet is an enabling, multi-purpose technology. • This means many more technologies are headed our way.

  43. The Internet • The book enabled:

  44. The Internet • The book enabled: • Literacy • Grammar • The Reformation • National borders • Capital markets • The Industrial Revolution • Unions

  45. The Internet • Electricity spawned:

  46. The Internet • Electricity spawned: • Telegraph • Light bulb • Telephone • Movies • Radio • TV

  47. What will the Internet bring?

  48. We are not building the Internet.

  49. We are buildinga new Electronic Society.

  50. Will unions be part of this New Electronic Society?

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