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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">RUDN Journal of Sociology</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">RUDN Journal of Sociology</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Социология</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2313-2272</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2408-8897</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumamba</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">41179</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2313-2272-2024-24-3-734-746</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="edn">FKZYCT</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>Sociology of management</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Социология управления</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Algorithmic management in the focus of sociology of technology</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Алгоритмический менеджмент в фокусе социологии технологий</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Yudina</surname><given-names>M. A.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Юдина</surname><given-names>Мария Александровна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru">кандидат социологических наук, старший научный сотрудник Международной лаборатории цифровой трансформации в государственном управлении Института государственного и муниципального управления Научно-исследовательского университета «Высшая школа экономики»</bio><email>m.yudina@hse.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">HSE University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Национальный исследовательский университет «Высшая школа экономики»</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2024-10-15" publication-format="electronic"><day>15</day><month>10</month><year>2024</year></pub-date><volume>24</volume><issue>3</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">VOL 24, NO3 (2024)</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">ТОМ 24, №3 (2024)</issue-title><fpage>734</fpage><lpage>746</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2024-10-17"><day>17</day><month>10</month><year>2024</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2024, Yudina M.A.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2024, Юдина М.А.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2024</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Yudina M.A.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Юдина М.А.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/sociology/article/view/41179">https://journals.rudn.ru/sociology/article/view/41179</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p style="text-align: justify;">This article considers the managerial aspect of digital transformation - various programs and infrastructure that have recently received the general name “algorithmic management”. The boom in the use of such tools occurred during the covid-19 pandemic as a unique set of circumstances for the digitalization of human life. The authorities of several countries monitored their citizens’ behavior, including with the QR-code systems that limited their rights, in the fight against the spread of the covid-19, which has caused discussions and even protests. Businesses accelerated their digital transformation in HR management due to government restrictions and lockdown measures and to production needs in the new conditions. Quarantines are over, but the active development of algorithmic management continues; it extends beyond the platform economy and plays an integral role in Industry 4.0, which makes the study of algorithmic management relevant and timely. A significant contribution to understanding algorithmic management was made by the report of the experts from the European Commission and International Labor Organization. Based on the relevant publications up to 2022, they suggested giving up the narrow understanding of algorithmic management as a platform economy issue; however, most studies are still based on this interpretation. The article presents a broader definition to identify additional social contradictions and challenges of digital transformation. The author considers algorithmic management in the perspective of sociology of management and sociology of technology, in particular the works of A. Feenberg and P. Edwards. The approach of sociology of technologies studies (STS) allowed the author not only to analyze the events of the recent pandemic but also to consider the future of such technologies under the transition towards Industry 4.0. The article identifies three elements of algorithmic management together with hidden social-managerial biases and contradictions related to their implementation and shows how the new approach integrates direct and indirect control in management.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p style="text-align: justify;">Статья посвящена управленческому аспекту цифровой трансформации - программам и инфраструктурам, недавно получившим общее название «алгоритмическое управление». Бум использования подобных инструментов пришелся на пандемию covid-19, породившую уникальное стечение обстоятельств для цифровизации разных аспектов нашей жизни. Власти ряда стран применяли приложения для мониторинга поведения граждан и системы QR-кодов, ограничивающие их права, в рамках борьбы с распространением коронавируса, что вызвало общественные дискуссии, а в ряде случаев и протестные движения. Параллельно бизнес-сообщество усиливало цифровую трансформацию управления работниками как по причине введенных правительствами ограничений и «локдаунов», так и в связи с производственной необходимостью в новых условиях. Карантины covid-19 закончились, но алгоритмическое управление активно развивается, выходя за пределы платформенной экономики, в том числе как связующий элемент Индустрии 4.0. Значимый вклад в понимание «алгоритмического управления» внес доклад экспертов Европейской комиссии и Международной организации труда, в котором впервые на основе анализа изданных к 2022 году публикаций было предложено отказаться от редукции термина до «алгоритмов платформенной экономики». Тем не менее, большинство научных публикаций об алгоритмическом управлении по-прежнему базируются на узком понимании термина. В статье предлагается широкая трактовка явления, что позволяет выявить больше социальных противоречий - вызовов цифровой трансформации. Автор анализирует алгоритмическое управление с точки зрения социологии управления и средствами социологии технологий (STS), опираясь, в частности, на подходы А. Финберга и П. Эдвардса. Применение STS помогает не только проанализировать события недавней пандемии, но и заглянуть в технологическое будущее в контексте перехода компаний на Индустрию 4.0. В статье обозначены элементы «алгоритмического управления» как зонтичного термина, выявлены связанные с их применением скрытые социально-управленческие проблемы и противоречия, показано, как сочетаются скрытый и прямой контроль в алгоритмическом типе управления.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>algorithmic management</kwd><kwd>platform economy</kwd><kwd>management</kwd><kwd>Industry 4.0</kwd><kwd>surveillance</kwd><kwd>stress</kwd><kwd>control</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>алгоритмическое управление</kwd><kwd>платформенная экономика</kwd><kwd>менеджмент</kwd><kwd>Индустрия 4.0</kwd><kwd>наблюдение</kwd><kwd>стресс</kwd><kwd>контроль</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group><funding-statement xml:lang="en">This article was prepared within the framework of the Basic Research Program at the HSE University.</funding-statement><funding-statement xml:lang="ru">Статья подготовлена в рамках Программы фундаментальных исследований Национального исследовательского университета «Высшая школа экономики» (НИУ ВШЭ).</funding-statement></funding-group></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Armano E., Leonardi D., Murgia A. 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