Personnel Managers As Social Engineers: Harmonisation And New Technology

Abstract

This article concerns itself with one personnel management policy and explores its indirect link with the introduction of new technology. The implications of new manufacturing processes for harmonisation policies are discussed under two broad headings. The article will consider firstly how the introduction of new technology disturbs the social ecology of the organisation so that harmonisation is seen as a cure for this disturbance. Secondly new technology can be seen as indirectly enabling personnel managers to pursue harmonisation and single status policies.

Citation

Ribbens, G.F. (1988), "Personnel Managers As Social Engineers: Harmonisation And New Technology", Personnel Review, Vol. 17 No. 1, pp. 3-12. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb055579