“America By Design” and “Forces of Production” by the historian David Noble[1] discuss the relationship between capitalism, management, and the development of t

“America By Design” and “Forces of Production” by the historian David Noble[1] discuss the relationship between capitalism, management, and the development of technology. From Wikipedia, > “America by Design”…was published to unusually prominent reviews. Robert Heilbroner hailed it as a work that "makes us see technology as a force that shapes management in an industrial capitalist society.” > “Forces of Production”…recounts the history of machine tool automation in the United States. [Noble] argues that CNC (computerized numerical control) machines were introduced both to increase efficiency and to discipline unions…[and] argues that management wanted to take the programming of machine tools…out of the hands of union members and transfer their control, by means of primitive programming, to non-union, college-educated white-collar employees working physically separate from the shop floor. - [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_F._Noble https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_F._Noble