Rochlin Trapped in the Net

The Unanticipated Consequences of Computerization
Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-2226-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 310 Seiten

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Rochlin, Gene I.

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik EDV & Informatik Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface xi

Acknowledgments xv

1 Introduction 3

Prologue 3

Enter the Computer 5

Compliance and Control 7

The Structure of the Argument 11

The Structure of the Book 13

2 Autogamous Technology 15

Introduction 15

A Brief Historical Essay 16

Operating Systems 23

The Dynamics of Growth 29

The Hegemony of Design 32

3 Networks of Connectivity: Webs of Dependence 35

Introduction 35

From Anarchy to Networks 38

The Interconnected Office 46

Conclusion 48

4 Taylorism Redux? 51

Introduction 51

The Search for Managerial Control 53

The Deskilling Controversy 61

Expertise Lost 67

Heterogeneous Systems 69

Conclusion 71

5 Computer Trading 74

Introduction 74

Markets and Exchanges 76

Automating Markets 82

Conclusion 88

6 Jacking into the Market 91

The Demise of Barings P L C 91

Trading in Cyberspace 94

Global Markets 99

Conclusion 105

Epilogue 106

7 Expert Operators and Critical Tasks 108

Having the Bubble 108

Pilot Error 112

The Glass Cockpit 115

Air Traffic Control 119

Industrial and Other Operations 123

The Computer in the Loop 125

Conclusion 128

8 Smart Weapons, Smart Soldiers 131

Introduction 131

Industrial War 132

Techno-Industrial War 135

The Postwar Transition 137

Quantity versus Quality 140

Trading Tooth for Tail 144

Conclusion 147

9 Unfriendly Fire 150

Introduction 150

A "Reasonable Choice of Disaster" 152

The USS Stark 154

Tragedy over the Persian Gulf 156

Conclusion 166

10 The Logistics of Techno-War 169

Introduction 169

The Gulf War 171

Redefining Effectiveness 182

Computers and the Transformation of War 184

11 C3I in Cyberspace

Introduction 188

The Ways and Means of Modern Warfare 191

Moving toward Cyberspace 199

The Virtual Battlefield 202

Conclusion 207

12 Invisible Idiots 210

Introduction 210

Standardization and Slack 212

Virtual Organizations in a Real World 214

Conclusion 216

Notes 219

Bibliography 265

Index 285

Über Autor(innen)

Gene I. Rochlin is Professor of Energy and Resources at the University of California, Berkeley. He has been the recipient of a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Individual Fellowship for Research and Writing in International Security and of a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship.