Technology and Women's Employment, Volume II : Case Studies and Policy Perspectives

Computer Chips and Paper Clips -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- CONTENTS, VOLUME I -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PART I OVERVIEW -- Technology, Women, and Work: Policy Perspectives -- THE CHANGING ROLE OF AMERICAN WOMEN -- OBSERVATIONS ON CHANGING TECHNOLOGY -- POLICY PERSPECTIVES -- Framing the Issues -- Are Women Workers at Risk? -- Banking and Finance -- Hospitals and Health Care -- POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS -- Full Employment -- Continued R&D -- Strengthened Education and Retraining -- A National Jobs and Education Program -- Continued EEO Enforcement -- Child Care -- A CONCLUDING NOTE -- References -- PART II CASE STUDIES OF WOMEN WORKERS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY -- The Technological Transformation of White-Collar Work: A Case Study of the Insurance Industry -- THE PACE OF DIFFUSION AND THE NEW IMPLEMENTATIONS -- Underwriting and Claims Support Systems -- Administrative/Clerical, Decision Support, and Agency Systems -- EFFECTS OF AUTOMATION ON THE SIZE AND COMPOSITION OF THE WORK FORCE -- CHANGES IN THE NATURE OF WORK: THE VIEW FROM THE SHOP FLOOR -- WOMEN AND MINORITY WORKERS -- Effects of Automation on the Female Work Force -- Effects of Automation on Minority Workers -- CONCLUSION -- References -- Machines Instead of Clerks": Technology and the Feminization of Bookkeeping, 1910-1950 -- SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT, THE COST ACCOUNTING REVOLUTION, AND THE ACCOUNTANT -- OFFICE MACHINES AND THEIR HISTORY -- MECHANIZATION, FEMINIZATION, AND SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT -- WOMEN OFFICE WORKERS: HOW MANY IN WHAT JOBS? -- STRATIFICATION IN THE OFFICE -- Marital Status, Class, and Race and Ethnicity -- Wages and Clerical Work -- References -- New Technology and Office Tradition: The Not-So-Changing World of the Secretary -- THE NEW TECHNOLOGY AND THE SECRETARY -- PATRIMONY IN TRADITIONAL SECRETARIAL WORK -- Traditional Secretarial Tasks.