The Humanized Workplace - A Psychological, Historical, and Practical Perspective

Sommario

Preface
Industrial Justice and Social Change
American Unionism through Foreign Eyes
The Difference between Arbitrators and Judges
The Myth of Management
The State of the American Worker
Styles of Participative Management: A Comparison of Japan and Western Europe
The Practice of Industrial Justice
Practical Advice on Industrial Justice
The Use and Misuse of Computers in Personnel Decisions
Science and the Problems of Systems Analysis
The Application: The Humanized Workplace
Industrial Justice
Formal Social Systems Drive out Informal Ones
A Fresh Start
Consultation
What Standards?
The Problems of Meritocracy
What Is a Good Manager?
Conclusion
The Psychological Context
The Psychology of Loyalty and of Work
The Moral Basis of Authoritarianism
Alienation and Addiction
Competition
Pressuring Institutions and Flat Personalities
The Historical Context
Minimum Wage as a Cultural Construct
Status and Contract in the Employment Relation
Industrial Justice and Social Change
The Present
The Right to Be Average
Contours of Conformity
"Workers' Participation in the Federal Republic of Germany in an International Perspective" by Johannes Schregle
Bibliography
Index

Info autore

Jerome Braun

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Jerome Braun, Braun Jerome
• Editore: Bloomsbury
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.11.1994
• EAN: 9780275949150
• ISBN: 978-0-275-94915-0
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze sociali, tematiche generali; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Organizational Behavior, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations, Labour / income economics, Organizational theory & behaviour, Industrial Relations, Labour Economics, Sociology: work & labour, Organizational theory and behaviour, Sociology: work and labour, Industrial relations, occupational health and safety, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General, Business: Human Resources