SOCI 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Scientific Management

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Why do americans work so much: little vacation time, long work days, weber idea: think of lives as a project. Engineering overwork: the problem: strategies designed to make people work more, feel like it is a good job, the theories: Companies create a fun atmosphere to work in (think google) Issue: few employees seemed to be enjoying the fun atmosphere because always working/ in office. Normative control: employees see themselves as part of the company. Issue: employees actually saw themselves as individuals competing against each other. Issue: employees did not always cite money as the reason behind their long work weeks. Issue: employees did not want to work long time: competitive self-management. Choose long hours in order to feel valuable by outcompeting colleagues: agency and power. Reduced power in employees because can identify why they work such long hours. Covert lack of agency keeps employees at work: new taylorism. Scientifically push employees to work and produce the most.

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