SOCA02H3 Chapter : Brym_Ch13.docx
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Work automation & standardization is seen as degrading & inhuman processes. Wired magazine computers allow us to become mobile & creative. Productivity: the amount of goods or services produced for every hour worked. Commodities are staples such as nickel, oil and cod. 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. In a market, prices established by supply & demand. The computer automated many manufacturing & office procedures, eliminated jobs. The computer, created jobs in the service sector [75%] as quickly as it eliminated. Division of labour: specialization of work tasks. The more specialized the work tasks in society, the greater the division of labour. Increasing the division of labour involves creating new skills: breaking complex range of skills into series of simple routines.
