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The Sociological Impact of Automation in the Office

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In the context of such subjects as optimization of equations, techniques of mathematical programming, and the like, "The Sociological Impact of Automation in the Office" may appear somewhat out of place. This is because there has been a lag in the feedback process between the conventional social scientists and the operations research and management science people. Some work involving high-speed electronic computers, as that concerned with nuclear fission, has begun to achieve a closed loop, with the social implications of the scientific advances taken so seriously as to affect the actual pattern and direction of research in some cases. Inclusion at this conference of a paper on office automation in relation to its significance for the workers involved indicates that OR and TIMS people are becoming aware that their activities may have social consequences worthy of consideration. "Management Technology", ISSN 0542-4917, was published as a separate journal from 1960 to 1964. In 1965 it was merged into Management Science.

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  • Ida R. Hoos, 1960. "The Sociological Impact of Automation in the Office," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 0(2), pages 10-19, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:ormnsc:v:mt-1:y:1960:i:2:p:10-19
    DOI: 10.1287/mantech.1.2.10
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