unit 2 nature of work Flashcards
conscious and sustained physical or mental efforts to do. performed for remuneration, that is, as a means of livelihood
work
implies work for which one has been hired and is being paid by an employer.
employment
a private firm serves an intermediaries for hiring an employee in a contractual basis, It seeks employee for employer
employment agency
is formal term for employed worker.
employee
is person, private or public who employed worker.
employer
if work is the result of training and performed on a regular basis
occupation
A worker who is paid in exchange primarily for his physical labor.
laborer
is a form of occupation which makes use of a specialized type of work.
profession
types of work
occupation
laborer
profession
as instruments of production, enhanced man’s capacity of work, allowing him to
produce goods in quantities never before thought possible.
machineries
2 major classes
working class
ruling class
this are the workers or paid laborers
working class
this are the capitalist businessmen, i.e., employers
ruling class
work was regarded as punishment by God to human beings for their
pride and disobedience. Work then was perceived as punishment, a curse which man was fated to suffer
work as divine punishment
Work is perceived as a matter of right. Everyone has the right to work based on man’s natural right to self-preservation. To preserve one’s life requires one to have a right over the means with
which to satisfy his basic needs for food, clothing and shelte
work as a right
Work is also perceived today for its social significance in defining a person. The quality of a worker is reflected by the quality of his work. Well-organized work and work done on schedule imply a
reliable, disciplined and conscientious worker.
work as determinant of personal qualities
Work defines the social status of people. Modern political and economic theorists, most notably Karl Marx, classify people into two classes, each identifiable by the general nature of their work.
work as a determinant of social class
those who sell their physical labor for wages in order to live beling to the working class
proletarian
those who manage the business, or control the activity of the firm
capitalist
Workers work not only to survive but also to prosper materially. Businessmen, do business primarily for profit. They employ workers because they cannot run the business alone. Workers, in turn, offer their services because they lack capital.
work as a basis for cooperation
help ensure development of workers and professionals who are not only competent in their respective work and professions, but also as persons who work with a sense of morality and decency.
code of ethics
A worker enters the world of work equipped with certain values. The nature of his values determines how he performs his work and guides his actions. Much of his personal values are
derived from the society he moves around in.
personal and societal values
regulates work as it imposes certain
limitations to workers. Violating these limitations may lead a person to be criminally or legally liable, risking his employment or profession, his freedom, even his limbs.
law
The promotion of higher standards for the practice of professional work is the main reason why professional societies are formed. Thus, medical associations are formed to preserve and enforce
higher standards of medical practice, and legal associations are for setting higher standards of legal practice.
professional associations
