Sociology
Skills and Deskilling
The idea of scientific management in the business world is an attempt to apply the methods of science to the increasingly complex problems of the control of labor in rapidly growing capitalist enterprises (Braverman, Continue Reading...
Downsizing, upsizing, and restructuring have had an impact on the skill set of the employees. These changes meant employees must learn new routines, new skills, and take on greater responsibility (Littler and Innes, 2003). In some cases, this has m Continue Reading...
The modeling environments was so accurate it could deliver results that aligned at a 95% accuracy rate with the actual results achieved. Another advantage was the use of knowledge management to orchestrate multichannel selling, marketing and service Continue Reading...
It is important to recognize the many different areas within adult education, and what type of students these areas attract. Ultimately, for the adult education department to be successful, it must attract a wide variety of students, and keep at lea Continue Reading...
If it has, how has it? If it hasn't, how much is it left?
Fordism thus remains. It remains in worker surveillance, to guard against morality and time theft. It remains in the increased bureaucratization of the global economy, as multi-million doll Continue Reading...
Workplace Management: A Business History Book Review
This paper explores two novels of importance written by Richard Edwards and Harry Braverman. Both novels main goals is provide an historical account of American Business systems and how they have Continue Reading...
Sociology in the Workplace
Hazardous Work
Describe the purpose and scope of the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries. What types of jobs are most dangerous to work in?
The purpose is to assess the amount of fatal accidents that occur on the workp Continue Reading...
This is most often the case for workers in marginal jobs, who only receive technical training on a limited aspect of the implemented system, and not a more thorough education that they could use on future positions and technology later in their care Continue Reading...
Labor and Monopoly Capital
HARRY BRAVERMAN's book Labor and Monopoly Capital carries the tradition of Marxist schools. The author focuses on the labor process under the Fordism, arguing that how the work, under the discipline of scientific managemen Continue Reading...
Occupational Stress and Scientific MonitoringElena Georgiou*AbstractThe aim of this project was to review evidence available on occupational stress and how it can be monitored scientifically. Closed-ended questionnaires were used to obtain data from Continue Reading...
On the part of the customer, s/he saves effort and time by just browsing through web pages to buy the merchandise or products that s/he needs.
The second principle, calculability, pertains to the quantified nature of products or services offered to Continue Reading...
In sum, rationalization has institutionalized McDonald's and made it and its principles of standardization a part of every American's life.
However, it is also important to note that Ritzer attempts to provide a critical analysis of the whole McDon Continue Reading...
The fourth is invading privacy an example for this is having an access to your credit card number while you are having transaction using the Internet this is done usually by many hacker in the Internet.
The fifth is that technology increase delinq Continue Reading...
TANF?
The Congress was exasperated with the AFDC's (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) cost, nature and scope, and thus decided to put an end to it. In 1994, a record number of families (5 million, with over 1/8th of American children) were e Continue Reading...
Human Services
The National Organization for Feminist Human Services
evaluation of human resource practices
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ADMINISTRATIVE MEMORANDUM - HUMAN SERVICES
The Human Services Council appreciates the oppo Continue Reading...
A great deal of the work is unpaid or low-paid, with a heavy reliance on females and young labor and, in some countries, migrants. Most work is regarded as semi-skilled or unskilled, with some deskilling. Training is often basic, with firms tending Continue Reading...
Even though it is not education, several kinds of training have been used and continue to be used as technology develops. on-the-job training, classroom training, and systemic training are all methods of training. Because training does not require t Continue Reading...