SOCIOL 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Deskilling, Complexification, Lumpenproletariat

• School: Mizzou
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCIOL 1000
• Professor: Edward Brent

Document Summary

Luddite movement: a desperate, but ultimately ill-fated attempt to arrest to progress of technology in the workplace in order to save jobs being displaced by technology (late. Max weber believed modern society was characterized by the rationalization of all aspects of life, particularly work. Rationalization: a pervasive process which traditional methods and standards of social organization are replaced w new methods/standards tradition/belief objectively calculable data. Frederick taylor created a process of scientific management to make work more efficient and economical. Scientific management simplified jobs (ex: the assembly line) Creates more jobs, less skilled work, and increased mass production. Mass production: products are standardized, parts are interchangeable, production mechanized to produce high volume. Assembly line: a complete task broken into simpler tasks--more ppl, but faster production. Revolutionized production of automobiles by standardizing parts, assembly line, created more jobs that were less skilled. Fordism: if you inc wages, workers will have enough money to pay for your product.