1st Edition

Humanising the Workplace New Proposals and Perspectives

Edited By Richard N. Ottaway Copyright 1977
176 Pages
by Routledge

176 Pages
by Routledge

176 Pages
by Routledge

A great deal of attention is focused on the problem of improving the working environment. The research involved is not merely a question of improving industrial relations but rather it forms part of the entire inter-disciplinary search for ways of improving the quality of working life. This volume, first published in 1977, presents a range of views from researchers in a variety of disciplines to... Read more

Preface;  1. An Apology for Change Richard N. Ottaway  2. Technological Determinism John Langrish  3. Are Computer Systems and Humanised Work Compatible? Mary Weir  4. Taylor in the Office Michael J. E. Cooley  5. Worker Education for Industrial Democracy W. Wilson and J. B. Nichol  6. Alienation in the Workplace: A Transactional Analysis Approach Mary Cox and Charles Cox  7. Management Education Methods for Humanising the Workplace Cary L. Cooper  8. New Management Attitudes to the Humanisation of Work J. N. Watson  9. Democratising the Workplace Ernie Roberts  10. The State of the Unions Mick Rice;  Index

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Richard N. Ottaway (Edited by)