Systems of Production
Markets, Organisations and Performance
Published on 29. November 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
304 pages
978-0-415-28284-0 (ISBN)
Description
In recent years we have seen the predictions of our forebears that leisure time would increase as the years pass utterly confounded. It is a fact of life that in major cities across the world, transport systems are full to bursting with people on their way to and from work. As people have come to accept longer working hours as a way of life, a number of new issues have come into play. These include labour market regulation, contract work and outsourcing, wages and increased attempts at better organisation. Contributors to this volume include Mark Harvey, Jane Humphries and Frank Wilkinson.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
11 line figures and 12 tables
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
590 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-28284-0 (9780415282840)
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Content
Productive systems - introduction and overview, Brenden Burchell, Simon Deakin, Jonathan Michie and Jill Rubery; productive systems and the structuring role of economic and social theories, Frank Wilkinson; productive systems, markets and competition as "instituted economic process, Mark Harvey; inter-organizational trust, boundary spanners and communities of practice, Edward Lorenz; social rights and the market - an evolutionary perspective, Simon Deakin; working like a dog, sick as a dog - job intensification in the late 20th century, David Lapido, Roy Mankelow and Brenden Burchell; the decline of union bargaining power in the US - an "ability to pay, ability to make pay" analysis, Charles Crapo; creative work systems in destructive markets, Suzanne J. Konzelmann and Robert Forrant; German industrial relations in a period of transition, Ulrich Muckenberger; labour "flexibility" - securing management's right to manage badly?, Jonathan Michie and Maura Sheehan-Quinn; the political economy of the minimum wage, Peter Brosnan; economic functioning, self sufficiency and full employment, Roger Tarling and Frank Wilkinson; equal opportunities as a productive factor, Jill Rubery, Jane Humphries, Colette Fagan, Damian Grimshaw and Mark Smith; decent work as a development objective, Gerry Rogers.