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Michael Gilbert - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

Holmdetlev Kohler - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Sociology of Work in Germany
    The Palgrave Handbook of the Sociology of Work in Europe, 2018
    Co-Authors: Holmdetlev Kohler
    Abstract:

    The chapter outlines the main developments in Industrial Sociology as the particularly influential sub-discipline of Sociology in West Germany since the end of World War Two divided in three sub-periods: the Fordist (1949–75), the transformation (1975–1990) and the globalisation (1990–2015) periods, the latter marked by the (re)unification. Industrial Sociology in Germany implies a broader scope than Sociology of Work or Industrial Relations in Latin and Anglophone countries. The main focus is on how Industrial work shapes modern Industrial man and modern Industrial society. Social research is centred on the impact of technological modernisation and rationalisation on working life and workers’ consciousness.

  • reconstruction and restoration the legacies of post war german Industrial Sociology
    Work Employment & Society, 2016
    Co-Authors: Holmdetlev Kohler
    Abstract:

    The article reconstructs the re-birth of Industrial Sociology in Germany after the Second World War in a comparative perspective. Although sharing the main context conditions and maintaining a constant and fluent exchange with their colleagues in other countries, the German intellectual traditions and specific institutional context motivated several particular interests and perspectives that shape a distinct German Industrial Sociology until today. The dominance of qualitative in-depth research, the focus on the emancipative potentials in high-skill-based work organization, the cooperative Industrial relations tradition and the constant attempts to link employment studies with general social theory on modern capitalist society and social change characterize German Industrial Sociology. The richness of distinct national institutional settings for comparative social research on employment regimes may be another lesson to be learned from critical reconstruction of labour Sociology.

Stephen Ackroyd - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • all quiet on the workplace front a critique of recent trends in british Industrial Sociology
    Sociology, 1995
    Co-Authors: Paul M Thompson, Stephen Ackroyd
    Abstract:

    Though perspectives underpinning research may have differed sharply, Industrial Sociology at its best has been able to uncover the variety of workplace resistance and misbehaviour that lies beneath the surface of the formal and consensual. The paper argues that this legacy is in danger of being lost as labour is taken out of the process and replaced by management as the active and successful agency. While there are a number of practical and theoretical forces shaping this trend, the paper identifies the growing influence of Foucauldian perspectives. It goes on to develop a critique of the way in which such theory and research overstates the extent and effectiveness of new management practices, while marginalising the potential for resistance.

  • ALL QUIET ON THE WORKPLACE FRONT? A CRITIQUE OF RECENT TRENDS IN BRITISH
    1995
    Co-Authors: Paul M Thompson, Stephen Ackroyd
    Abstract:

    Though perspectives underpinning research may have differed sharply, Industrial Sociology at its best has been able to uncover die variety of workplace resistance and misbehaviour that lies beneath the surface of the formal and consensual. The paper argues that this legacy is in danger of being lost as labour is taken out of the process and replaced by management as the active and successful agency. While there are a number of practical and theoretical forces shaping this trend, the paper identifies the growing influence of Foucauldian perspectives. It goes on to develop a critique of the way in which such theory and research overstates the extent and effectiveness of new management practices, while marginalising the potential for resistance. Industrial Sociology, as well as organisation theory and Industrial relations, continues to see the workplace as a focus of change. Organisations are restructured, new management practices revolutionise the employment relationship, new issues such as sexuality appear on the agenda. But it is 'all quiet' in one respect - the virtual removal of labour as an active agency of resistance in a considerable portion of theory and research. The prime purpose of this article is to explore the reasons for, and challenge the consequences of, that trend. On the surface this is a strange development, because the recalcitrant worker has been one of the most persistent motifs of British, and to a lesser extent, American Sociology, aided by a long and largely honourable tradition of seeing beneath the surface of formal organisation and the apparent consent of employees in the capitalist employment relationship.

Mandla Alfred Twala - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

Paula Urze - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • on the assembly line a view from Industrial Sociology
    International Conference on Information Technology, 2006
    Co-Authors: Paula Urze, Tiago Machado
    Abstract:

    This paper presents the scientific concerns and some results of the LiMITE - on the Assembly Line; Innovation, Work and Employment -project. Even considering the vast number of experimented industry production technologies, the classic assembly line has proved to be a structuring element within the frame of mass production, whereas known the difficulty to find practical alternative solutions. In this sense, the constraints brought up by the assembly line in order to develop innovative working practices remain relevant. For this reason, it is also important to look for the possibility to develop innovative working practices under the dominant model, i.e. the assembly line inherited from Ford The paper’s empirical section is based on two case studies pointed to two companies from the automotive components industry.

  • BASYS - On the Assembly line: A View from Industrial Sociology
    Information Technology For Balanced Manufacturing Systems, 2006
    Co-Authors: Paula Urze, Tiago Machado
    Abstract:

    This paper presents the scientific concerns and some results of the LiMITE - on the Assembly Line; Innovation, Work and Employment -project. Even considering the vast number of experimented industry production technologies, the classic assembly line has proved to be a structuring element within the frame of mass production, whereas known the difficulty to find practical alternative solutions. In this sense, the constraints brought up by the assembly line in order to develop innovative working practices remain relevant. For this reason, it is also important to look for the possibility to develop innovative working practices under the dominant model, i.e. the assembly line inherited from Ford The paper’s empirical section is based on two case studies pointed to two companies from the automotive components industry.

  • PRO-VE - Socio-Organizational Requirements for a VE
    IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, 1999
    Co-Authors: A. Brandão Moniz, Paula Urze
    Abstract:

    The virtual enterprise (VE) concept presents new challenges to the Industrial Sociology. The work organization and technology design requires a balanced framework pointing to the unification between technology and people. The proposal of social and organizational recommendations aims to contribute to the development of the base technology according to the socio-technical and anthropocentric theories. For those involved in technology implementation, strategic guidelines are presented, aiming to avoid unemployment and productivity dysfunction as consequence of an incorrect application of the technology.