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Book Worker Participation

Download or read book Worker Participation written by Vicki Smith and published by Jai. This book was released on 2006 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Worker Participation: Current Research and Future Trends, Volume 16 of Research in the Sociology of Work, offers cutting edge research on the character and implications of workplace participation. Written by some of the leading scholars in the sociology of workplace transformation and alternative organizations, the chapters here examine various outcomes, causes, and consequences related to participation programs and worker democracy today. Topics include ways in which participation schemes are socially constructed and negotiated; the meanings that workers attach to opportunities for involvement in the workplace; practice, participation, and consent in alternative organizations such as cooperatives and collectives; and theoretical treatments that call for new ways of thinking about workplace participation. Methodologically pluralist and concerned less with specific productivity effects of worker participation, this volume highlights the social structural, social constructionist, and meta theoretical dimensions of worker participation and democratic organizations in the twenty-first century. The global, 24/7 economy and the organizational changes it has generated have enormous implications for the organization, experience and use of time in (and out of) the workplace. In addition to eroding the boundary between home and work, creating time pressures both within and outside of the workplace, the need for businesses to compete in a 24/7 global economy has re-problematized time in the workplace. Drawing on sociology, labor economics, organizational behavior and social history, the papers in this volume examine either empirically or theoretically, a variety of aspects of time in the workplace. Contributors to this volume examine issues surrounding the distribution of and struggle over work hours and how these vary across a number of factors including race, class, occupation and other structural components of work. They examine temporal structures within organizations including inequities in flexible scheduling, entrainment and work teams, polychronicity, and how changing temporal structures affect professionalism and expertise. They also consider the way in which changing uses and organization of work time, in the context of economic instability and globalization, affect the difficulties of reconciling work and family. At the more micro-level, the papers consider individuals' perceptions and constructions and intersubjective constructions of time. To varying degrees, the authors speak to the policy implications or strategies for managing new times. Taken as a whole, these papers shed light on the way in which globalization and the emergence of a 24/7 economy have altered the ways, times, and meanings of time at work. Research in the Sociology of Work is now available online at ScienceDirect full-text online of volumes 10 onwards. *Examines various worker participation models and evaluates the success of their outcomes *Adopts a variety of methods and highlights the different dimensions of worker participation

Book Local Participation in Development Planning

Download or read book Local Participation in Development Planning written by United Nations. Social Development Division and published by New York : United Nations. This book was released on 1967 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Manpower and Employment Development for Economic Growth and Social Justice

Download or read book Manpower and Employment Development for Economic Growth and Social Justice written by United States. Agency for International Development. Office of Labor Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research manual on human resources planning and employment opportunity creation as an integral part of economic planning for economic development in developing countries - presents a system for programme planning and programme evaluation of labour force programmes, and includes goal development and administrative aspects, etc. References.

Book Community Economic Development in Social Work

Download or read book Community Economic Development in Social Work written by Steven D. Soifer and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2014-11-18 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Community economic development (CED) is an increasingly essential factor in the revitalization of low- to moderate-income communities. This cutting-edge text explores the intersection of CED and social work practice, which both focus on the well-being of indigent communities and the empowerment of individuals and the communities in which they live. This unique textbook emphasizes a holistic approach to community building that combines business and real-estate development with a focus on stimulating family self-reliance and community empowerment. The result is an innovative approach to rehabilitating communities in decline while preserving resident demographics. The authors delve deep into the social, political, human, and financial capital involved in effecting change and how race and regional issues can complicate approaches and outcomes. Throughout, they integrate case examples to illustrate their strategies and conclude with a consideration of the critical role social workers can play in developing CEDÕs next phase.

Book Workers Participative Schemes

Download or read book Workers Participative Schemes written by Helen Tsiganou and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1991-05-30 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Helen Tsiganou's study explores the enormous diversity of worker participation schemes across national contexts. Using a historical comparative approach, worker participation schemes are examined in two major settings: the developed capitalist countries of the United States, Japan, Sweden, Norway, England, Germany, and France; and the centrally planned less developed socialist countries of Yugoslavia, Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, China, and the Soviet Union. Tsiganou addresses the conditions under which participation schemes emerge and the reasons for similarities or differences among these schemes. She first studies the origins and history of schemes within a given national setting. She then draws on specific national experiences and makes cross national comparisons. This is not a systematic, detailed, country-by-country comparison but an explanation of the enormous diversity of worker participative schemes through comparative analysis. Part I of this volume examines the motives and goals behind various participatory schemes and their development and outcomes in the two distinct settings. The comparative logic and analytical framework of the book is laid out against a background of existing theoretical and analytical work. Meanings and definitions attached to worker participation, and their significance in denoting the dynamics of power within the workplace and society, are also covered. This section concludes with a discussion of the book's major assumptions. Part II deals with the diversity of workers participation schemes in several developed countries--countries with advanced industry and democratic pluralist political systems. Part III discusses schemes in several centrally planned socialist societies; and their efforts through reforms to correct their weaknesses. The final section summarizes the findings of the study and explores issues that emerge as cross-national and cross-sectional comparisons are made.

Book Industrial Relations and Economic Development

Download or read book Industrial Relations and Economic Development written by International Institute for Labour Studies and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 1967 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conference papers on labour relations and economic development in developing countries - includes the role of the government in industrial relations, sources and functions of trade union leadership, wage policy, collective bargaining, participation of interest groups (unions and employers) in economic planning, and income distribution under workers participation in management. Bibliography. Conference held in Geneva 1964 aug 24 to September 4.

Book Manpower Planning and Employment Policy in Economic Development

Download or read book Manpower Planning and Employment Policy in Economic Development written by International Labour Office and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Social Development Planning

Download or read book Social Development Planning written by V. Shanmugasundaram and published by Madras : Department of Economics, University of Madras. This book was released on 1974 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Economic and Social Aspects of Indian Development

Download or read book Economic and Social Aspects of Indian Development written by Peter Meyer-Dohm and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Compilation of development research articles on various aspects of the economic and social development of India - covers problems of economic growth and income distribution inequalities, the role of public borrowing, regional development, social implications and political aspects of development planning, the need to reconcile tradition and modernization, problems of urbanization and population growth, workers participation, the educational system, the 1971 election, etc. Bibliographys, references and statistical tables.

Book Notes on Enhancing Women s Participation in Development Planning

Download or read book Notes on Enhancing Women s Participation in Development Planning written by Padma Ramachandran and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Community Development Social Action and Social Planning

Download or read book Community Development Social Action and Social Planning written by Alan C. Twelvetrees and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-05-12 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now going into its fifth edition, Alan Twelvetrees' invaluable guide to the theory and practice of community work has been educating students and practitioners alike for over three decades. Covering topics such as work with community groups, the various dimensions of social action and project planning and how to engage effectively with public bodies, this is a truly comprehensive must-read for community workers, as well as anyone keen to undertake effective work in the community. Drawing on the author's wealth of experience, and benefiting from the grounded style of writing that has made the previous editions so popular, the book considers everyday community work situations to provide readers with a genuine feel for the realities of practice. This classic text is essential for anyone studying, working or just interested in community work, community regeneration and service planning. New to this Edition: - A classic highly regarded textbook, substantially updated to reflect new service needs and a tougher economic climate - Includes new pedagogic features including chapter overviews, 'practice focus' boxes, and 'putting it in to practice' features

Book An Introduction to Social Planning in the Third World

Download or read book An Introduction to Social Planning in the Third World written by Diana Conyers and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1982 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Textbook on social planning in developing countries - analyses nature of social planning (incl. Social policy, social reform and basic needs approach), its role in national level development planning, project design, social participation, the social services, etc., and discusses information needs, skills and organisation relationships. Bibliography pp. 212 to 215.