Employing bureaucracy : managers, unions, and the transformation of work in the 20th century

Jacoby, Sanford M. 1953- (Author).

Summary: This revised edition of "Employing Bureaucracy" is an attempt to understand how industrial labour was transformed and to identify the historical process by which good jobs were created. It is, therefore, an account of the bureacratization of employment.

Record details

ISBN: 9781410610140
ISBN: 1410610144
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xi, 315 pages)
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Edition: Rev. ed.
Publisher: Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum, 2004.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Previous ed. has subtitle: Managers, unions, and the transformation of work in American industry, 1900-1945.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-298) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Chapter Introduction toRevisedEdition -- chapter 1 The Way It Was: Factory Labor Before 1915 -- chapter 2 Systematic Management and Welfare Work -- chapter 3 Vocational Guidance -- chapter 4 Problems, Problem-Solvers, and a New Profession -- chapter 5 Crisis and Change During World War I -- chapter 6 A Different Decade: Moderation in the 1920s -- chapter 7 The Response to Depression -- chapter 8 Another Great Transformation, 1936-1945 -- chapter 9 From the 1950s to the Present.
Restrictions on Access Note:	NLC staff and students only.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.