Algorithmic management has been seen as a positive technological and digital factor in the organization of economic activity, but it also comes with a range of challenges. While some may see it as a useful tool for increasing organizational ability to control and monitor complex economic and work processes, with the increasing capacity to collect, store and process digital information it also raises new issues and engenders questions about ensuring privacy and personal space among the workforce.

In this episode, Uma Rani, a Senior Economist at the ILO’s Research Department and Enrique Fernandez Macias, a researcher at the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre explain what algorithmic management means and what considerations are needed to ensure that it plays a positive role in the future of work.