The Humanized Workplace
A Psychological, Historical, and Practical Perspective
Published on 30. November 1994
Book
Hardback
192 pages
978-0-275-94915-0 (ISBN)
Description
This is a holistic presentation of methods and problems involved in humanizing work. The comments will be of interest to practitioners dealing with work, and should give realism to debates concerned with alienation in the workplace. The theory is described, and the American system is compared with those in place in Western Europe and Japan. This work should be of interest to scholars, students and practitioners in industrial relations, labor problems, organizational behavior, and human resources in general.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Interest Age: From 7 to 17 years
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
445 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-275-94915-0 (9780275949150)
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Person
JEROME BRAUN, an interdisciplinary scholar, is interested in sociology, social psychiatry, culture and personality, and alienation in modern society. He has studied these phenomena using the approaches of law and psychiatry, and has presented his findings in various forums including universities, conferences, books, and journal articles. He is the editor of Psychological Aspects of Modernity (Praeger Publishers, 1993).
Content
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