Work Revolution

Paul Dickson

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2017
• Print ISBN: 9781138288591
• eBook ISBN: 9781351974158
• Topic: Betriebswirtschaft
• Subtopic: Business allgemein

In this book, first published in 1975, the author critically examines the organisation of work, the systems of control, and the patterns of authority in British establishments. By bringing together detailed descriptions of alternative forms of work organisation and management from Norway, Sweden, Denmark and the USA, Paul Dickson provokes considerable thought as to the extent to which these models could be developed and applied in the UK. This title will be of interest to students of business studies and human resource management.

Index

Abel, I. W., 223

absenteeism, 19

and environment, 307

and flex-time, 213, 229–31, 236

and job enrichment, 49–50, 68

and industrial democracy, 26, 29–31, 96, 109, 117, 130, 143, 152, 160

and support systems, 204–5

and time variations, 219, 226, 251

Abzug, Bella, 254

AFL-CIO, 223, 347

Ainsworth, Frances, 145, 147

Alcan Aluminum, 172

Alcoa, 166, 275

Alexander Hamilton Institute, Inc., 240

American Airlines, 346

American Banknote Company, 354

American Management Association (AMA), 219–20, 237, 370

American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T), 17, 47–52, 53–55, 72, 166

American Velvet Company, 141–49, 166

Arapahoe Chemicals, 168–69

Argyris, Chris, 35

Armer, Paul, 263–64

Arthur, Richard N., 150–52

Arvika experiment, 115–21

Askert, Bjorn, 112–14

assembly lines, 6, 13

elimination of, 25–27, 30–33, 167, 171

and flex-time, 239

and industrial democracy, 113–14, 150

modifications of, 27–29, 185

and turnover, 283–85

white-collar, 14–15

Associated Space Designs, Inc., 287

Association of Scientific, Technical, and Managerial Staffs (Scotland), 242

Atlas Copco (Sweden), 111–14

attitude, of workers: and Bolivar project, 360–61

and environment, 291, 294, 308

and flex-time, 230–31, 234, 236, 240

and industrial democracy, 27, 31, 94, 110, 117–20, 152, 161

and job enrichmen...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Foreword by Jack Jones
• I. Working Alternatives
• II. Job Enrichment
• III. Scandinavian Industrial Democracy
• IV. Democratic Designs in America
• V. Support Systems
• VI. Breaking the Time Barriers
• VII. The Democratic Office, the Do-it-yourself Factory
• VIII. To Thine Own Self Be Boss
• IX. Brave New Work
• Acknowledgments
• Chapter Notes
• Index