News Corporation Technology and the Workplace

Thisbook,whichincludesextensiveinterviewmaterialandprimaryresearch,examinestechnologicalinnovationandworkplacerestructuringcarriedoutbyNewsCorporationinitsnewspaperholdingsinBritain,theUnitedStatesandAustralia.TimothyMarjoribanksfindsthatwhilesomeoutcomesatvariouslocalsitesweresimilar,manyweredramaticallydifferent.Hisstudyrevealsthatthenatureofexistingsocialrelationsinaparticularlocationhasamajorimpactonworkplacereforms.Thebookfindsthattheprevailingbalanceofpowerbetweentradeunionsandworkers,managementandemployers,andtheroleofthestateintheserelationshipsarethemostinfluentialfactorsindeterminingthecourseofevents.Significantly,itemphasisestheimportanceofanalysingtheconnectionsbetweeneventsoccurringlocally,nationallyandgloballyifwearetounderstandthegrowinginfluenceofcorporateactorssuchasNewsCorporation.