Workplaces of the Future

Type	Book, Whole
Author(s)	Thomson,P. , Warhurst,C.
Publication year	1998
Notes	ID: THOMSON1998; Workplace, for industrial and organisational sociologists, has a general meaning of the interaction of employers and employees at any production site and this volume stems from that tradition rather than the workplace of the new design school. It is a collection of academic studies, but studies grounded in much more evidence than many commentaries on the new workplace. By way of example the authors point out in their introduction that despite the talk of the knowledge economy the fastest growth sectors in employment are for carers, cleaners and security guards. Only some 7% of the workforce can actually be said to manipulate symbols and ideas. Taylorism it is argued is not dead; indeed 'democratic taylorism' and team taylorism' are offered as descriptors of modern management of routinised work. An excellent commentary for serious students of new workplaces.
Start page	1
End page	230
Evidence base	High
Readability	High by the standards of academic commentary

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