SOC 100A Lecture 12: March 9th Notes
19 Jul 2016
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Shift of control of production from workers to managers. Apple the most profitable company in history: turnover . 6 billion, profits billion, 92,000 workers, in 1960: gm . 6 billion profits, 900,000 employees. Workers were housed and provided with cheap food, everything was deducted from wages already and workers were already living there so they could be used in the most efficient way. Taylorism and the increasing complexity of manufacturing. Large complex organizations organized into functionality specialized units. Corporations have become large bureaucratic structure organizations. Large scale production of multi-unit structures spreads after 2nd world war. The golden age of capitalism": era of mass consumption. Europeans began paying higher wages and adopting the fordism ideas, Europeans could buy own cars by 1940s and fridges and other electronics became more common in england. Rich countries of the world were spread this idea, more access to technology.
