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Conceptual Background

Conceptual Background. Administrative. Return Journals and talk about how they will continue to be graded. Review. Quotations about the capacity of work to make us unhappy Work as a source of identity? How do we describe ourselves

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Conceptual Background

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  1. Conceptual Background

  2. Administrative • Return Journals and talk about how they will continue to be graded

  3. Review • Quotations about the capacity of work to make us unhappy • Work as a source of identity? • How do we describe ourselves • How does the type of work we do affect how we describe ourselves?

  4. Today • The Organization of Work • Methods of payment and their impact

  5. I. The Organization of Work • What are the sources of authority at work? • What does it mean to say authority at work is hierarchical? • Has authority at work always been hierarchical? Are there currently workplaces where it is not? • What factors make authority at work legitimate or illegitimate?

  6. I. The Organization of Work • What does Weber mean by “Bureaucracy” • How does Weber feel about bureaucracy? • How does this contrast with the commonly used meaning of the word?

  7. I. The Organization of Work • Are there non-bureaucratic ways to organize work and work places? • Would this work? • Why don’t we see it more often?

  8. II. Methods of Payment and Their Impact • If you own a factory, what systems are available to pay the people who work for you? • Day work • Piece Rates • Salary • Others (be creative)

  9. II. Other Methods of Payment • Profit sharing • Other forms of gain sharing (e.g. stock or bonuses) • Group piece rates

  10. Next Time • Begin the New Workplace

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