ACS 400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Frederick Winslow Taylor, Annie Besant, Henry Mayhew

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9 Dec 2021

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Ryerson University

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Arts and Contemporary Studies

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ACS 400

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Acs400: module 5 - work and management - elllis. Watercress girl, in henry mayhew, london labour and the london poor (1849- 50) Annie besant, white slavery in london (1888) Sidney webb, from the historic basis of socialism (1889) Elton mayo, the social problems of an industrial society (1945) Frederick winslow taylor, principles of scientific management (1911) Topics: time management ; diff notions of labour and power, working for wages. Emotional work ; the inequities that often accompany the types of work. Physical and mental labor in exchange for money; involves wages. Indispensable - a place in the workplace; performing a role unique to you developing skills. Paying to do work: paid with experience unpaid internships. Intangible benefits - learning skills academic work. Point is to remind us the diversity of different activities you enter into when foing work with hobbies. Social and economic relations in modern" workplaces. Observers and critics descriptive and prescriptive.

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