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Primary/secondary economic sectors= |
Primary sector: raw materials (picking fruit) Underdeveloped countries Secondary sector: manufacturing (Factory work) Developing countries Tertiary sector: services (Developed) |
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Facework= |
Maintaining face to face relationships with clientele, customers (putting in that face time) |
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Outsourcing= |
Obtaining goods from an outside supplier. Especially instead of local. |
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Routinization= |
Supposed to make work more efficient, but may reduce quality of working life by suppressing innovation and creative expression which may result in poorer quality work. |
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Characteristics of Professionals |
1) Specialized knowledge/expertise Two types of knowledge = Theoretical knowledgeUnderstanding the theory behind something Predictive Being able to expand on the implications of actions *If you understand the theory you can predict (how things fit into the puzzle differently) Practical information *The applied side of a discipline *Need to know how to do the things you theoretically understand Technique: The application of applied and theoretical knowledge. May be learned or perfected during an apprenticeship *Grad School etc. 2) Autonomy= Relyon their own judgments in selecting relevant topics. Autonomy is justified because of the training and thus the knowledge professionals hold. Has limits (Code of ethics 3) Authority= Professionalscan expect compliance from a client and subordinates 2)Altruism= Ageneral concern for others A professional duty to the public's good Code of ethics Hippocratic Oath Self policing (only professionals can judge professionals) Pro-Bono work (Donation of labor) |
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Para-professionals= |
Paralegals, nurses, difference in what they can do, what training looks like, and pay. |
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Contingent labor= |
Temp work, consulting, |
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Management X,Y,Z |
Theory X= Micro-manager. A lot ofbureaucratic control. More rules more bosses. Theory Y= Human relations. Happy workeris productive worker. Theory Z= Let the worker do the job.Skills are in-bedded in the worker. Don't let management get in theway. |
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World systems theory |
Suggests there is a world economic system in which some countries benefit while others are exploited. Core countries= The industrialized capitalist countries on which periphery countries and semi-periphery countries depend. Core countries control and profit the most from the world system, and thus they are the "core" of the world system. These countries possess the ability to exercise control over other countries or groups of countries with several kinds of power such as military, economic, and political power. Semi-periphery countries= Semi-peripheral countries offer their citizens relatively diverse economic opportunities but also have extreme gaps between the rich and poor. Periphery countries= Those that are less developed than the semi-periphery and core countries. These countries usually receive a disproportionately small share of global wealth. They have weak state institutions and are dependent on – according to some, exploited by – more developed countries. |
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Neo-liberalism |
Personal liberty is maximized by limiting government interference in the operation of free markets. A policy model of social studies and economics that transfers control of economic factors to the private sector from the public sector. |
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Protectionism |
The theory or practice of shielding a country's domestic industries from foreign competition by taxing imports.
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Technological displacement |
Robots, machinery (Jobless growth) production increases but the amount of jobs does not. |
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Monopoly-oligopoly |
Mono= One controls a lot or most Oli= A few control |
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Underemployment= |
Being employed butnot getting enough hours to get by |
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Discouraged workers= |
Someone who is no longer seeking employment (not in labor force) |
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Deprofessionalization= |
Trying to create more division of labor so as to require less professionals (hire a bunch of nurses to avoid hiring expensive doctors)
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Marginal jobs |
Employment relationship with a low absolute level of earnings or of short duration. |
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Outliers book |
Whatdictates success? Timing, luck, opportunity (being in the right placeat the right time and taking advantage of the opportunity) 10,000 hrs to become an expert. How culture plays into all this. Whydo planes crash (culture that's too polite, or not aggressive enoughto demand to land. Co-pilot who hints at captain what to do insteadof telling people what to do.) Culture= Having too much pride orhonor can hurt youWhy are manholes round= So theydon't fall through |
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Danielpinks talk on motivation= |
Wikipedia VS Encarta, 80/20 rule, fixing the candle to the wall |
