Technology, organization, and work in the fourth industrial revolution: Two comparative case studies in the manufacturing sector

Journal title SOCIOLOGIA DEL LAVORO
Author/s Lino Codara, Francesca Sgobbi
Publishing Year 2020 Issue 2020/157
Language Italian Pages 15 P. 225-239 File size 244 KB
DOI 10.3280/SL2020-157012
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This paper questions the existence of a one best way towards digitalisation by con-trasting the success stories of two Italian middle-size manufacturing companies. Both companies boast a history of excellence in technological innovation and in economic performance and recently launched important projects of digital tran-sformation. However, one company seems to perceive digitalisation as a further step in the "traditional" sequence of efficiency-enhancing innovations aimed at substituting for human effort. In contrast, the other company frames digital tech-nologies as means of stronger process integration, whose success is enabled by formal organisational tools in support of change management.

Keywords: Digital transformation, organizational change, work, case studies

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Lino Codara, Francesca Sgobbi, Tecnologia, organizzazione e lavoro nella quarta rivoluzione industriale: due studi di caso comparati nel settore manifatturiero in "SOCIOLOGIA DEL LAVORO " 157/2020, pp 225-239, DOI: 10.3280/SL2020-157012