Work Flashcards
(20 cards)
alienation
The separation of the worker from the product of his labors as well as from the process of work fellow workers and even the basic traits of humanity
beureaucracy
A special type of complex organization characterized by an explicit set of rules and the hierarchy of authority
detailed division of labour
The division of one complete complex task into it subtasks. These tests are then given to different people who can be more easily trained and often paid less in wages or salaries
fordism
. Efficiency, individual units of production, Mass production
formal organizations
Etzioni
- utilitarian - pays people for efforts to gain material reward (any job)
- normative - pursue some goal they think is morally worth while (volunteer)
- coercive - forced to join to punish or treat (jail, rehab)
globalization of production
The trend of companies looking worldwide for the most profitable place to set up production
informal organization
The informal rules and groups of people that arise to meet the challenges of complexity today life
instrumentalism
Working not for the enjoyment of the job, but for the money or material reward that then translate into life enjoyment
iron law of oligarchy
The premise that evening democratic organizations, be a socialist or capitalist, will buy the many will inevitably become rollabout a few
Mcdonaldization
. The process by which the principles of fast food restaurants are coming to dominate more sectors of American society as well as the rest of the world
occupational segregation
When people from different social categories hold different types of jobs
rationalization
A condition in which there are formalized procedures give actors of measure of predictability and outcomes of their action
resistance
Actions for slowing reversing avoiding or protesting management directions or strategies in the workplace
sabotage
Activities aimed at destroying employers property or otherwise disrupting the flow of production
scientific management
A system of management that seeks to transfer control of the work process from skilled workers to the owners and managers of production.
social contract
The socially excepted understanding that if people work hard and produce more goods and services each year the economy will grow and thus growth financially benefits both the workers and management
social division of labour
The division of jobs among people in order to ensure societal survival and prosperity
unions
An association of people in a definable workplace or group of workplaces was role is to represent the collective group of workers in negotiations with the employer to get a contract
work
Changing physical materials or mental constructs or ideas so as to make these materials or ideas more useful to the producer
reserve army of labour
those who benefit most from unions are minority groups
