SOC227H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Kaizen, Deskilling, Where We Are
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Today"s issue: organizations need different management styles which leads to conflict in the workplace (between employees and managers. How management exercised control under the japanese model. How workers resisted management control under the japanese model labour process deskilling degrading of work conflict of interest kaizen. Key concepts: marx was wrong about the revolution, it isn"t in human nature to get rid of one elite and replace it with collective decision-making governance. He was right about conflict between managers and employees: power resources you have, control technology resistance, conflict. Labour process equivalent to work production process from the employee"s perspective (they provide the work) Other non-labour aspects: technology used at work, organization of work steps in the production process, how is it organized, managed, run, etc. Objective: to take marx and bring him up to date. Extend marx"s analysis to the current labour market (update). Explanatory theory, focuses on technology and its effect on workers.
