PHYD72H3 Chapter 13: Brym_Ch13 (2).docx
9 Apr 2015
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Salvation or curse: work automation & standardization as degrading & inhuman processes, wired magazine computers allow us to become mobile & creative. The development of agriculture: farmers invented the plow, productivity: the amount produced for every hour worked, commodities are staples. In 1900, > 40% workforce employed in agriculture in canada. International exploration, trade & commerce stimulated growth of markets from 15th cent. on. Markets: social relations that regulate the exchange of goods & services: prices established by supply & demand. The development of the service sector: the computer automated many manufacturing & office procedures, created jobs in the service sector [75%] The social organization of work: division of labour: specialization of work tasks, involves creating new skills, breaking complex range of skills into series of simple routines, work relations became more hierarchical, work organized bureaucratically. Bad jobs don"t pay much & require the performance of routine tasks under close supervision. Good jobs require higher education, pay well.
