Yes. On Sat, Sep 01, 2007 at 12:55:15AM -0700, Gar Lipow wrote: > On 8/31/07, Louis Proyect <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Shoshana Zuboff,..... In one factory, which she called Tiger Creek > > Mill, the computer system was initially accessible by everybody, > > including the workers on the production line. Workers could see the > > same information on costs and prices as management. At first, the > > workers used their new found information to make very profitable > > modifications of the production process (Zuboff 1988, pp. 255 67). > > Economic theory and business logic would have us expect that > > management would reward these workers for contributing to the > > profitability of the > > corporation. Instead, management, horrified by the possibility that > > workers were going to make managerial control at least partially > > irrelevant, quickly cut off the workers' access to the system. Control > > turned out to have more allure than profits. > > Is this from "In the Age of the Smart Machine"?
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