Treffer: Digital work environment: Historical outline of the theory of computerization ; Komputery w środowisku pracy: historyczny zarys procesu informacjonalizacji

The aim of the authors is to present and analyze selected historical sociological approaches concerning research on changes in work and their effects, which are caused by technical development taking place in cultural reality. The research perspective includes both research on concepts related to the 80’s and 90’s as well as contemporary. In particular, the analyzes concern the impact of computerization (ICTs) and robotization on the change in the organization of human work, caused inter alia by the above-mentioned phenomena. The authors critically evaluate the formulations made over the past years, which envisaged the replacement of human work by robotization and automation, which would result in “imminent” marginalization of the role of man as an employee. Authors at work try to show that these catastrophic predictions have no reason for being, because the changes in work have always occurred in history, at the same time leading to the appearance of a completely new, often unknown, competition. As a small piece of original own contribution to the discussed issue, the Authors show that catastrophic predictions do not have a simple analogy, because the changes in work-field always occurred simultaneously, mostly leading to the appearance of completely new activities. In the written history of the world, the rational utility ultimately triumphed and determined the structure of the labor market. For contrary, Authors ask about general “quality of life” due to stereotypical and archaic image of the “computer station” in the office. Is the “other quality” that appears in the melting cultural pot, not only on Polish ground, not the majority of social theories facing the plague of absurdities? ; Celem autorów jest przedstawienie i analiza wybranych koncepcji dotyczących badań nad przemianami pracy oraz ich skutkami, które powodowane są przez rozwój naukowo- -techniczny. Zakres kwerendy obejmuje badania z lat osiemdziesiątych i dziewięćdziesiątych oraz niejako przeskok do „ery Internetu”, czyli badań współczesnych. W ...