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Management, Labour Process and Software Development: Reality Bites

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Publisher
Routledge
Year
2005
Tongue
English
Leaves
209
Series
Routledge Research in Employment Relations
Edition
1
Category
Library
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✦ Synopsis

This revealing book is about software development, the developers themselves, and how their work is organized and managed. The latest original research from Australia, Europe, and the UK is used to examine the differences between the image and reality of work in this industry. Chapters also cover issues surrounding the management of 'knowledge work and workers' and professionals in order to expose some of the problems of the management of software development work and workers.

✦ Table of Contents

Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Title......Page 6
Copyright......Page 7
Contents......Page 8
List of Tables......Page 9
List of Contributors......Page 10
Acknowledgements and Dedication......Page 12
1. Introduction: Myth and Reality......Page 14
2. A Short History of Software......Page 25
3. The Labor Process in Software Startups: Production on a Virtual Assembly Line?......Page 53
4. Managing the Software Development Labour Process: Direct Control, Time and Technical Autonomy......Page 81
5. Trick or Treat? Autonomy as Control in Knowledge Work......Page 102
6. Coming and Going at Will?: Working Time Organization in German IT Companies......Page 122
7. Professional Identity in Software Work: Evidence from Scotland......Page 142
8. Organizational Commitment Among Software Developers......Page 162
9. The Reality of Software Developing......Page 186
Index......Page 197

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