The Role of Technicians in Modern Industry

📋 Course Outline

1. Technician role in company social structure
2. From artisanal to industrial production systems
3. Scientific-technical revolution as production factor
4. Taylorism principles and psychological foundations
5. Fayolism principles and managerial extension
6. Fordism model and integrated production
7. Human Relations critique of alienation
8. Technocrats: secrecy, authoritarianism and doctrine
9. Technicians and politics: value judgments
10. Exercises on technicians and scientific development

📖 1. Technician role in company social structure

🔑 Key Concepts & Definitions

• Company social structure : Company social structure : A division of roles where capitalists and workers form the main poles, with technicians emerging as a growing intermediate group.
• Technician : Technician : A specialist who applies scarce knowledge or skills to the company’s production and administrative processes.
• Scientific-technical revolution : Scientific-technical revolution : The broad shift toward complex, science-based production that increases demand for technical specialists.
• White-collar group : White-collar group : The occupational segment of qualified professionals that has grown fastest and can surpass blue-collar employment in advanced societies.

📝 Essential Points