Labour market theories and distance education II: how Fordist is distance education?

Abstract

Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Additional informationNotes on contributorsGreville RumbleIn this article, the second in a series of three, Greville Rumble, Regional Director South East of the O.U. U.K., questions whether the Fordist model can accurately be applied to his own institution. Reviewing models of industrial organisation, particularly in the sphere of car production and office management, Rumble concludes that in terms of deskilling and mass production, it is not at all clear that the O.U. U.K., is Fordist, or indeed, whether distance education necessarily is.