Labor and Monopoly Capital: The Degradation of Work in the Twentieth CenturyThis widely acclaimed book, first published in 1974, was a classic from its first day in print. Written in a direct, inviting way by Harry Braverman, whose years as an industrial worker gave him rich personal insight into work, Labor and Monopoly Capital overturned the reigning ideologies of academic sociology. This new edition features an introduction by John Bellamy Foster that sets the work in historical and theoretical context, as well as two rare articles by Braverman, "The Degradation of Work in the Twentieth Century" (1975) and "Two Comments" (1976), that add much to our understanding of the book. |
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Page 93
... output carefully agreed upon for everything that was turned out in the shop . We limited the output to about , I should think , one - third of what we could very well have done . We felt justified in doing this , owing to the piecework ...
... output carefully agreed upon for everything that was turned out in the shop . We limited the output to about , I should think , one - third of what we could very well have done . We felt justified in doing this , owing to the piecework ...
Page 334
... output is low . He estimates that such an office is operating on 50 to 60 % efficiency , and that with clerical output measured , even unaccompanied by incentives , there would be a 20 to 30 % increase in output . It is stated that ...
... output is low . He estimates that such an office is operating on 50 to 60 % efficiency , and that with clerical output measured , even unaccompanied by incentives , there would be a 20 to 30 % increase in output . It is stated that ...
Page 335
... output lags is fired . Many firms rely on the supervisor to keep a visual check which can be objective because she would know the total number of trays of cards processed during any period . One official explained that the careful tally ...
... output lags is fired . Many firms rely on the supervisor to keep a visual check which can be objective because she would know the total number of trays of cards processed during any period . One official explained that the careful tally ...
Contents
Labor and Management | 43 |
Labor and Labor Power | 45 |
The Origins of Management | 59 |
Copyright | |
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accumulation activities analysis assembly automatic Automation average Babbage become capitalist mode capitalist society census century characteristic Charles Babbage clerical workers clerks commodity conception corporation craft craftsmen division of labor E. P. Thompson economic employed employees employment engineering enterprise existence fact factory functions Georges Friedmann human Ibid increase industry Joan Woodward Karl Marx knowledge labor force labor power labor process machine machinery machinist manufacturing Marx Marx's mass means mechanical ment methods mode of production modern monopoly capitalism motion numerical control occupations Office Management operations organization output percent performed pig iron population principle problem production process punch result revolution Scientific Management skill Soviet standard statistics structure surplus surplus value systematic task Taylor technical therblig tion trade transformation trend United unproductive labor wage York