SOCA02H3 Chapter Notes -Mcjob, Market Segmentation, Industrial Revolution
1 Feb 2013
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Work automation & standardization as degrading & inhuman processes. Wired magazine computers allow us to become mobile & creative. Productivity: the amount produced for every hour worked. 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 computer automated many manufacturing & office procedures. Created jobs in the service sector [75%] Division of labour: specialization of work tasks. Involves creating new skills: breaking complex range of skills into series of simple routines. Bad jobs don"t pay much & require the performance of routine tasks under close supervision. Good jobs require higher education, pay well. Not closely supervised, encourages workers to be creative. Offers secure employment, opportunity for promotion, other benefits.
