The meaning of work : papers on work organization and the design of jobs

Lisl Klein

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 th

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Year of publication:	2008
Authors:	Klein, Lisl
Publisher:	London : Karnac
Subject:	Arbeitsorganisation \| Work organization \| Arbeitsgestaltung \| Job design \| Arbeit \| Labour \| Arbeitsmarkt \| Labour market
Description of contents:	Table of Contents [gbv.de]

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Extent:	Online-Ressource (xix, 315 p) ill
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-309) and index Cover; Copy Right; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; FIGURES AND TABLES; PREFACE; CHAPTER ONE: Introduction: the context. A perspective on work organization in the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries; SECTION I: MAKING THE CASE; CHAPTER TWO: The function of work in human life; CHAPTER THREE: The meaning of work; CHAPTER FOUR: Luddism for the twenty-first century; SECTION II: RESEARCH STUDIES; CHAPTER FIVE: The human implications of rationalizing work; CHAPTER SIX: Living and working in hospital wards. Using electronic patient records; SECTION III: CONSULTING AND ACTION RESEARCH CHAPTER SEVEN: The "Humanization of Work" programme in Germany: some cultural influences in the design and re-design of workCHAPTER EIGHT: Contribution to the design of a new confectionery factory; CHAPTER NINE: Work organization in the design of a new canning plant: plant design, job design, and industrial relations; CHAPTER TEN: Work organization in branch banking; CHAPTER ELEVEN: Putting information and communications technology to work in the construction industry: testing a mode; SECTION IV: THE BOUNDARIES WITH: OTHER PROFESSIONS CHAPTER TWELVE: The production engineer's role in industrial relationsCHAPTER THIRTEEN; "Satisfactions in work design": some problems of theory and method; CHAPTER FOURTEEN: The management of innovation: from platitudes to reality in job design; CHAPTER FIFTEEN: On the collaboration between social scientists and engineers; SECTION V: AND FINALLY …; CHAPTER SIXTEEN; 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 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:	1-85575-348-0 ; 978-1-85575-348-8 ; 978-1-85575-348-8
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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