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The division of rationalized labor / Michelle Jackson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jackson, Michelle Victoria, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Division of labor--History.
- Division of labor.
- Division of labor--Case studies.
- Work--History.
- Work.
- Work--Case studies.
- Management science--History.
- Management science.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (350 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2025.
- Summary:
- Specialization should make workers perform an ever-narrower range of tasks. Yet evidence shows that many specialized occupations have grown more complex. Michelle Jackson untangles this paradox, arguing that scientific investigation of social and industrial problems has changed the nature of work and burdened workers with new responsibilities.
- Contents:
- Chapter One: The Great Fragmentation?
- Chapter Two: The Formidable Thicket
- Chapter Three: This is Our Lane
- Chapter Four: Defund the Police
- Chapter Five: We Ask So Much
- Chapter Six: Management and the Worker
- Chapter Seven: The Fracturing
- Appendix.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-674-30216-8
- 0-674-30217-6
- 9780674302174
- OCLC:
- 1546522892
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