Job design and industrial democracy
Joep F. Bolweg
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Paperback. Series: International Series on the Quality of Working Life. Num Pages: 139 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; KC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 8. Weight in Grams: 242.
The organization of work is under critique in many industrialized countries. Bureaucracy, specialization, repetitive technology, and hierarchical control structures are criticized by politicians, trade unionists, and social scientists. They argue for improved quality of work, for work democratization, and for the humanization of work. This book evaluates Norwegian field ex periments in the area of job redesign which started already in 1964. Norway has therefore a lead in experience compared to most other countries, particu to the United States, where debates and subsequent experiments re larly volving around the quality of working life and the democratization of work started only ... Read more
The organization of work is under critique in many industrialized countries. Bureaucracy, specialization, repetitive technology, and hierarchical control structures are criticized by politicians, trade unionists, and social scientists. They argue for improved quality of work, for work democratization, and for the humanization of work. This book evaluates Norwegian field ex periments in the area of job redesign which started already in 1964. Norway has therefore a lead in experience compared to most other countries, particu to the United States, where debates and subsequent experiments re larly volving around the quality of working life and the democratization of work started only ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
139
Condition
New
Series
International Series on the Quality of Working Life
Number of Pages
139
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781461343660
SKU
V9781461343660
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99-15
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