SOC207H1 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Workforce Management, Scientific Management, Iron Cage
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Decrease in median pay for men, maybe due to deregulation. Big trends in major occupations (i. e. manufacturing, service work) Shifts in manufacturing service: substantial decline in works engaged in manufacturing in canada, even though the overall size of workforce during this time is increasing, increase in service work, rise in service industry. Gender composition of the workforce and changes over time. Labor force participation rate for women has grown substantially overtime. What has happened to wages for men and women (general trends only). Globalization: when companies operate internationally and national economies become interdependent as a result of the cross-border movement of goods, services, and capital. Spatialization/neo-taylorism: distributing manufacturing so that each task is geographically located wherever in the world it can be done most cost effectively. Shifts in consumer tastes plus technology meant product cycles (how long people want things and how long it takes to make them) got shorter - flexible production is better flexible specialization not mass production.
