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  • A Sociology of Organisations (RLE: Organizations)

    by J. Eldridge, A. Crombie ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Organizations
    An understanding of the nature and forms of organisation, particularly with reference to industrial societies, is a key area in sociological analysis. This book discusses and explains what concepts to employ and what analytical procedures to adopt as well as conveying a sense of the theoretical and empirical diversity involved in the study of organisations.Among the questions explored are:why do ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

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  • Work

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Stephen Fineman ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    The image of a job captures our imagination from an early age, usually prompted by the question 'What do you want to be when you grow up?'. Work -- paid, unpaid, voluntary, or obligatory -- is woven into the fabric of all human societies. For many of us, it becomes part of our identity. For others it is a tedious necessity. Living is problematic without paid work, and for many it is catastrophic. ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Progress Without People

    New Technology, Unemployment, and the Message of Resistance

    by David F. Noble ...
    A provocative discussion of the role of technology and its accompanying rhetoric of limitless progress in the concomitant rise of joblessness and unemployment. ... Read more

    $13.69 USD

  • The Mythology of Work

    How Capitalism Persists Despite Itself

    by Peter Fleming ...
    There was once a time when 'work' was inextricably linked to survival and self-preservation; where the farmer ploughed the land so their family could eat. But the sun has long since set on this idyllic tableau, and what was once an integral part of life has slowly morphed into a painful and meaningless ritual, colonising almost every part of our lives - endless and inescapable.In The Mythology of ... Read more

    $25.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • How to Start a Successful Home Business

    by Karen Cheney, Lesley Alderman ...
    With computer, fax machines, and other technologies becoming commonplace, more and more people are running businesses from their homes and making a good living in the process. "Money" has been tracking the trend, and, in this new guide, two of the magazine's writers explain how to turn a hobby into a business, find money to start, create a winning business plan, manage cash flow, write great press ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Making Mondragón

    The Growth and Dynamics of the Worker Cooperative Complex

    by William Foote Whyte, Kathleen King Whyte ...
    Series series Cornell International Industrial and Labor Relations Reports
    This well-researched study should be read by anyone with an interest in worker cooperatives, community economic development, and work redesign programs.― Contemporary SociologySince its founding in 1956 in Spain's Basque region, the Mondragón Corporation has been a touchstone for the international cooperative movement. Its nearly three hundred companies and organizations span areas from finance to ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • Advances in Ergonomic Design of Systems, Products and Processes

    Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of GfA 2015

    Edited by Barbara Deml, Patricia Stock, Ralph Bruder, Christopher Marc Schlick ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    These proceedings summarize the best papers in each research area represented at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the German Gesellschaft für Arbeitswissenschaft, held at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) from February 26-28. The meeting featured more than 160 presentations and 30 posters reflecting the diversity of subject matter in the field of human and industrial engineering. ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Feminism, Gender and Universities

    Politics, Passion and Pedagogies

    by Miriam E. David ...
    Feminism, Gender and Universities demonstrates the positive and robust impacts that feminism has had on higher education, through the eyes and in the words of the participants in changing political and social processes. Drawing on the ’collective biography’ of leading feminist scholars from around the world and current evidence relating to gender equality in education, this book employs methods ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • Labour in Contemporary India

    by Praveen Jha ...
    Generation of decent livelihood opportunities ought to be among the most important objectives on any meaningful agenda of economic development. On this front, however, the Indian experience has remained seriously inadequate. During the first four decades after Independence, India’s achievements with respect to the problems of poverty, unemployment and occupational structural transformation were ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Measuring the Global Shadow Economy

    The Prevalence of Informal Work and Labour

    by Colin C. Williams, Friedrich Schneider ...
    This book brings together two leading researchers in the field to provide a comprehensive overview of the shadow economy from a global perspective. Reviewing the advantages and disadvantages of different ways of measuring the informal sector, the authors evaluate its size and key determinants across the world. Williams and Schneider clearly establish the persistence and prevalence of the shadow ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Stiffing the Working Class

    Welcome to Third-World America

    by Clyde Bradley ...
    The writer shows how paying a little more money for permanent employees results in increased production and improved quality, whereas using cheaper temporary labor destroys quality. He shows that the middle class wage base is depressed not only by the use of illegal immigrants but also by retired employees reentering the work force at reduced wages, and provides illustrations of unsafe working ... Read more

    $20.89 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Cost-Based Pricing

    A Guide for Government Contractors

    by Darrell J. Oyer CPA ...
    This master reference is essential if you contract with the government!Correctly pricing your goods or services—and making certain that those prices are in compliance with myriad federal rules and regulations—is essential to doing business with the government…and ensuring your commercial success. Cost-Based Pricing: A Guide for Government Contractors shows you how to appropriately estimate and ... Read more

    $79.19 USD