Rochlin: Trapped in the Net - Princeton University Press

Trapped in the Net
The Unanticipated Consequences of Computerization
by Gene I. Rochlin
Published by Princeton University Press

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Description of the Book

Preface
Acknowledgments

Introduction

Prologue
Enter the Computer
Compliance and Control
The Structure of the Argument
The Structure of the Book

Autogamous Technology

Introduction
A Brief Historical Essay
Operating Systems
The Dynamics of Growth
The Hegemony of Design

Networks of Connectivity: Webs of Dependence

Introduction
From Anarchy to Networks
The Interconnected Office
Conclusion

Taylorism Redux?

Introduction
The Search for Managerial Control
The Deskilling Controversy
Expertise Lost
Heterogeneous Systems
Conclusion

Computer Trading

Introduction
Markets and Exchanges
Automating Markets
Conclusion

Jacking into the Market

The Demise of Barings P.L.C.
Trading in Cyberspace
Global Markets
Conclusion
Epilogue

Expert Operators and Critical Tasks

Having the Bubble
Pilot Error
The Glass Cockpit
Air Traffic Control
Industrial and Other Operations
The Computer in the Loop
Conclusion

Smart Weapons, Smart Soldiers

Introduction
Industrial War
Techno-Industrial War
The Postwar Transition
Quantity versus Quality
Trading Tooth for Tail
Conclusion

Unfriendly Fire

Introduction
A "Reasonable Choice of Disaster"
The USS Stark
Tragedy over the Persian Gulf
Conclusion

The Logistics of Techno-War

Introduction
The Gulf War
Redefining Effectiveness
Computers and the Transformation of War

C³I in Cyberspace

Introduction
The Ways and Means of Modern Warfare
Moving toward Cyberspace
The Virtual Battlefield
Conclusion

Invisible Idiots

Introduction
Standardization and Slack
Virtual Organizations in a Real World
Conclusion

Bibliography
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