SOSC 1510 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Krahn People, Economic Democracy, Industrial Democracy
8 Feb 2019
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Giving workers a voice & some control over their work. Cooperatives an alternative to competition among capitalists. Economic democracy why workers need to own their workplace. We need better management because: a) old fashioned bureaucracy does not always work well b) corporations and governments need to adapt to changing conditions. Review experiments in democratic forms of work organization and innovative job designs. Beware -- flexible firms create a polarized labour force. Clear rules ensure work will be economical, efficient, and effective. Modern management theory is critical of the old bureaucratic model offered by. So they call for new ways of organizing and managing . Many of their new ideas were inspired by the sociological critique of bureaucracy that began in the 1920"s - the hr approach. Firms face global competition (which they have often encouraged) as they: go offshore, outsource to lower cost suppliers, seek free trade (removal of tariff protection)
