Talking About Machines by Julian E. Orr
- Written by Wojciech Kwiatkowski, Lecturer in Business and Management, School of Business and Creative Industries, University of the West of Scotland

In 1969, Austrian-American writer Peter Drucker foretold a major societal and economic shift driven by knowledge. However, it would not be until the 1990s that scholars, managers, management consultants and policy-makers would herald the arrival of the knowledge economy, whereby goods and services depend not...