Algorithmic Management : From Technology to Politics and Theory

Abstract: This article provides an overview of the concept of ‘algorithmic management’. This concept has played an important role as an organizing frame for empirical research seeking to demystify the role of labor platforms in intermediating paid work. More recently, this concept has helped shed light on the increasing use of computer algorithms to automate managerial tasks in conventional work settings. However, beyond platform work, most research is confined to warehousing, with only a few notable studies in manufacturing and retail. Moreover, most empirical investigations highlight the conditional nature of algorithmic management, with human managers retaining important functions. Only recently have studies begun to go beyond technical functions and consider how human elements (worker, manager, and technologist) shape such systems. Relatedly, the contingencies, moderations, and variations in algorithmic management have received insufficient consideration. These weaknesses result from a t.... https://ojs.weizenbaum-institut.de/index.php/wjds/article/view/183

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Algorithmic Management ; volume:4 ; number:3 ; year:2024 ; Weizenbaum journal of the digital society ; 4, Heft 3 (2024)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Wood, Alex

Further information

• DOI: 10.34669/wi.wjds/4.3.9
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2410050424398.777247183515
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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