Counterproductive : time management in the knowledge economy / Melissa Gregg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gregg, Melissa, 1978- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Time management.

Labor productivity.

Performance standards.

Mindfulness (Psychology).

Success in business--Psychological aspects.

Success in business.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (200 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 2018.

Summary:

As online distractions increasingly colonize our time, why has productivity become such a vital demonstration of personal and professional competence? When corporate profits are soaring but worker salaries remain stagnant, how does technology exacerbate the demand for ever greater productivity? In Counterproductive Melissa Gregg explores how productivity emerged as a way of thinking about job performance at the turn of the last century and why it remains prominent in the different work worlds of today. Examining historical and archival material alongside popular self-help genres—from housekeeping manuals to bootstrapping business gurus, and the growing interest in productivity and mindfulness software—Gregg shows how a focus on productivity isolates workers from one another and erases their collective efforts to define work limits. Questioning our faith in productivity as the ultimate measure of success, Gregg's novel analysis conveys the futility, pointlessness, and danger of seeking time management as a salve for the always-on workplace.

Contents:

A brief history of time management

Executive athleticism : time management and the quest for organization

The aesthetics of activity : productivity and the order of things

Mindful labor.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781478002390

1478002395

OCLC:

1139402549