Man-machine systems: People and technology in OR

被引：7

作者：

Munro, I ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Warwick, Warwick Business Sch, Operat Res & Syst Grp, Coventry CV4 7AL, W Midlands, England

来源：

SYSTEMIC PRACTICE AND ACTION RESEARCH | 1999年 / 12卷 / 05期

关键词：

man-machine systems; technology; rationality; emotion; free-will; technologies of the self;

D O I：

10.1023/A:1022469607464

中图分类号：

C93 [管理学];

学科分类号：

12 ; 1201 ; 1202 ; 120202 ;

摘要：

This paper provides an exploration of how different understandings of "man-machine systems" have accompanied developments in Operational Research. In particular, the paper will challenge the notion that we are in a position of mastery with respect to technology. Both Hard OR and Soft OR are criticized for a failure to examine adequately the relationship between people and technology. Toward the end of the paper a new way of understanding this relationship will he proposed in terms of technologies of the self or what Michel Foucault called "ethics."

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页码：513 / 532

页数：20