SOC100 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Labor Market Segmentation, Harry Braverman, Deskilling

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC100
• Professor: Harvey Krahn

Document Summary

Economy: institution that organizes the production, distribution and exchange of goods and services. Productivity: refers to the amount of goods and services produced per every hour worked. Markets: social relations that regulate the exchange of goods in the market. Goods and services are valued by their supply and demand. Division of labour: refers to the specialization of work tasks. The more specialized the work tasks, the more divided the labor is. Deskilling: the process by which work is broken down into simple routines requiring little training. Usually accompanied by the use of machinery to replace workers wherever possible and increased management control over workers. Fordism: method of industrial management based on assembly line methods of producing inexpensive, uniform commodities in high volume. Labor market segmentation: division of the market for labor into distinct settings. Work is found in different ways and workers have diff. characteristics. There is only a slim chance of moving from one setting to another.