Employing Bureaucracy: Managers, Unions, and the Transformation of Work in the 20th Century

Employing Bureaucracy: Managers, Unions, and the Transformation of Work in the 20th Century
ISBN-10
0805844090
ISBN-13
9780805844092
Category
Business & Economics
Pages
315
Language
English
Published
2004
Publisher
Psychology Press
Author
Sanford M. Jacoby

Description

The present revised edition is an attempt to understand how industrial labor was transformed and to identify the historical process by which good jobs were created. It is, therefore, an account of the bureaucratization of employment, since many of the features that define good jobs; stability, internal promotion, and rule-bound procedures are characteristic of bureaucratic organizations. The book also examines the upheaval in the labor markets of the 1980's and 1990's, which has caused a reduction in the number of good jobs. Chapter 9 in this revised edition carries the narrative forward from 1945 to the present time, examining both the high-point of the bureaucratic system in the 1950's and 1960's--the golden years--and its erosion since then.

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