An examination of the development of work and our relationship to it in other spheres of life, including work related issues such as deskilling, job satisfaction, equity, mobility and reform. blk 

This course examines the changes in the world of work, the relationship of ones work life to ones family life, the factors affecting satisfaction and alienation in work (and the extent of each), stress at work, union and other collective action in the workplace, the impact of technology in the workplace, the workplace categories of manufacturing, mining, agriculture, high-tech and service, the professions, management and administration, clerical and sales workers, and “marginal jobs.”  Other issues examined include corporations (national, international and transnational), and work in the global economy.

Upon completion of the course, the student will demonstrate understanding on:
1. how work has evolved from hunter-gatherer societies, to traditional societies, 
    to industrial societies to post-industrial societies.
2. how work and the family have evolved, and their dialectical relationship.
3. the extent and nature of job satisfaction and job alienation.
4. the extent and nature of discrimination, unemployment, underemployment, 
    and hazardous and dangerous work.
5. the evolution of union and other collective actions in the workplace.
6. the impact of technology in the workplace.
7. the extent and nature of the manufacturing, mining and agricultural occupational sectors.
8. the extent and nature of the high-tech occupational sectors.
9. the extent and nature of the service occupational sectors.
10. the extent and nature of the professional occupational sectors.
11. the extent and nature of the managerial and administrative occupational sectors.
12. the extent and nature of the clerical and sales occupational sectors.
13. the extent and nature of the occupational sectors.
14. the impact of local, national, international and transnational corporations.
15. the significance of the global economy on work. 
14. the value of their own power of effective, reading.
15. the value of their own power of effective, written communication.
16. the value of their own power of effective, oral communication.
17. the value of their power of effective, creative thinking.
18. the value of their own power of making ethical choices.
19. the value of diversity in American and world culture.

The following book is available at the book store:

Hodson, Randy and Teresa A.  Sullivan.  The Social Organization of Work.  (3rd Edition) (2002).  Boston:  Wadsworth, An International Thomson Publishing Company

Length:  11-9-7 minutes for an A-B-C
Content:  Give a brief overview of all of the major sections of the Short Paper including the thesis, introduction, socio-historical analysis, a type of analysis, expectations for the future, & recommendations for social policy. 

Develop a thesis.  If you choose to do an occupation, you cannot just describe it; you also need to have a thesis, i.e. some major idea about the occupation other than just describing it.  Use concepts from the course.  Integrate info from references into the presentation & be sure & mention names.
 

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