Hmmm.. not being able to manage knowledge workers.

In the early stages of the industrial revolution we could not manage industrial workers either. As a critical mass of industrial work became predominant Talorism was possible.

I suspect that same thing will happen with knowledge work. As the volume of knowledge work increases we may very well see specialized knowledge workers working in sweat shops. Knowledge work may become as repetitive as manufacturing work. Some programmers will understand what I mean. I have worked in manufacturing on machines and the work was less repetitive than computer programming.

Welcome to the age of the Blue Collar Knowledge Worker.. Good title for a book.