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Work, work, work : impacts of office automation on work, workers, and workplaces : executive summary / Susan Clark, Margaret Dechman, Pleasantine Drake, Laureen Snider.: Co28-1/5-1988-1E-PDF

"This report investigates the consequences of introducing an integrated computer system into an ongoing office environment. The research was conducted under the Office Communications Systems (OCS) program that was established by the Canadian federal government in 1980. This $12 millions project was a joint initiative of the Minister of Communications, the President of the Treasury Board, and the Minister of Regional and Industrial Expansion. The primary goal of the project was to provide an opportunity for Canadian computer companies to design, test and have the effects of their products evaluated within designated field-trial sites. To fulfill this mandate, developmental hardware and software products were introduced into five different federal government departments"--Executive summary.

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Department/Agency
  • Canada. Communications Canada.
  • Canadian Workplace Automation Research Centre. Organizational Research Directorate‏.
TitleWork, work, work : impacts of office automation on work, workers, and workplaces : executive summary / Susan Clark, Margaret Dechman, Pleasantine Drake, Laureen Snider.
Variant title
  • Impacts of office automation on work, workers, and workplaces : executive summary
Publication typeMonograph
Language[English]
Other language editions[French]
FormatDigital text
Electronic document
Note(s)
  • "April, 1987."
  • Issued also in French under title: Incidence de la bureautique sur le travail, les travailleurs et les travailleuses et les lieux de travail : résumé.
  • Digitized edition from print [produced by Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada].
Publishing information
  • Laval, Quebec : Communications Canada, Canadian Workplace Automation Research Center, Organizational Research Directorate, 1987.
  • ©1988
Author / Contributor
  • Clark, Susan, author.
  • Dechman, Margaret K. (Margaret Kathleen)author.
  • Drake, Pleasantine, author.
  • Snider, Laureen, 1944- author.
Description1 online resource (15 pages)
Catalogue number
  • Co28-1/5-1988-1E-PDF
Departmental catalogue numberCC-CWARC-DLR-85/6-001
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