UNSW Handbook Course - Social Organisation of Work

Social Organisation of Work - MGMT2704


	Faculty: Faculty of Commerce and Economics
	School: School of Organisation and Management
	Contact: Fieldes,Diane
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Undergraduate
	Units of Credit: 6
	EFTSL: 0.125 (more info)
	Contact Hours per Week: 3
	Enrolment Requirements:
	Prerequisite: IROB1701 or IROB1702 or IROB1712 or MGMT1701 or MGMT1702 or MGMT1712
	Session Offered: See Class Timetable
	Fee Band: 2 (more info)

Description

Covers the conceptual foundations of industrial sociology, and their application to work practices and institutions. The course will look at the rise of industrial capitalism and trade unionism, work and non-work (including the question of domestic labour), the labour process and work organisation, conflict and control, occupations and the division of labour, divisions in the workforce, technology, skill formation, productivity and flexibility, and the changing nature of work in the late 20th century.

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