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The Meaning of Work : Papers on Work Organization and the Design of Jobs
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"Lisl Klein has spent forty years working on the twin themes of the practice of social science in organizations and the importance of work and work organization. Papers on the first of these were p...
"Lisl Klein has spent forty years working on the twin themes of the practice of social science in organizations and the importance of work and work organization. Papers on the first of these were published as Working Across the Gap (catalogue number 20169). This volume brings together papers covering the second theme, the meaning and organization of work. After a historical introduction, the book has five sections: Making the case; Two pieces of research, separated by forty years; Five examples of action research and consultancy activities on work organization; Working with other professions that influence the design of jobs; Reflections on the implications for institutions and policy."--Provided by publisher.
Details
- Creator
- Lisl Klein
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- First edition
- London : Taylor and Francis, 2018
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (415 p.)
- ISBNs
- 042992142X, 0429907192, 0429482426, 1283070545, 9786613070548, 1849406391, 0367328313, 1855753480
- OCLC
- ocn723944339, ocn727944858, on1031871137
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-309) and index.
- English
- Cover -- Copy Right -- Acknowledgements -- About the author -- Figures and tables -- Preface -- ch 1. Introduction: the context. A perspective on work organization in the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries -- SECTION I. MAKING THE CASE -- ch 2. The function of work in human life -- ch 3. The meaning of work -- ch 4. Luddism for the twenty-first century -- SECTION II. RESEARCH STUDIES -- ch 5. The human implications of rationalizing work -- ch 6. Living and working in hospital wards. Using electronic patient records -- SECTION III. CONSULTING AND ACTION RESEARCH -- ch 7. The "Humanization of Work" programme in Germany: some cultural influences in the design and re-design of work -- ch 8. Contribution to the design of a new confectionery factory -- ch 9. Work organization in the design of a new canning plant: plant design, job design, and industrial relations -- ch 10. Work organization in branch banking -- ch 11: Putting information and communications technology to work in the construction industry: testing a mode -- SECTION IV: THE BOUNDARIES WITH: OTHER PROFESSIONS -- ch 12. The production engineer's role in industrial relations ch 13. "Satisfactions in work design": some problems of theory and method -- ch 14: The management of innovation: from platitudes to reality in job design -- ch 15: On the collaboration between social scientists and engineers -- SECTION V: AND FINALLY... -- ch 16. And finally-some reflections on institutions and policy -- APPENDIX I: Work: its rewards and discontents (an Arno Press collection) -- APPENDIX II: Checklist for implementation issues