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23 Cards in this Set
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When did the computerization of the office began? |
Early 1980s |
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Why is it a Curse: |
Degrading and Inhuman processes |
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Why is it a Salvation: |
Liberate us More mobile More creative |
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What is ImmaterialLabour? |
Unpaid labour Outcome is in material (ie. Data) |
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What do the French wish to tax? |
France wants to tax Facebook and Google for “personal data collection” |
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What is Web 2.0? |
Idea of interactiveness Interaction with the website |
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Economy is the institution.... |
That organizes the production, distribution, and exchange of goods and services |
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What and describe the 3 Economic Sectors? |
1) Primary= Typically extracting natural resources (ie. Fishing, mining) 2) Secondary= Manufacturing (ie. Making things from materials) 3) Tertiary= Selling of good and services, professional things (ie. Lawyers) |
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What and describe the 3 Economic Revolutions? |
1) AgriculturalRevolution: People made permanent settlements, started herding and farming andproductivity soared 2) IndustrialRevolution: Secondary industries became huge (Manufacturing) 3) Post-industrialRevolution: Moving into the service industry (more like today’s society) |
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What is Deskilling? |
Work tasks are broken into simple routines requiring Little training required |
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Negative Consequences of Deskilling are: |
Unemployment Changes the relationship between the employer and employee Workers not seen as skilled |
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Positive Consequences of Deskilling are: |
More efficient Cheaper for consumer Creates more jobs for people to create these machines |
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What is Fordism? |
Industrial management based on assembly line methods of producing cheap, commodities in high volume |
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Who created and what is Scientific Management? |
System for improving productivity 1911 by Fredrick W. Taylor |
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4 ways Workersoften resist imposition of task specialization and mechanization by managers are: |
Going on strike Changing jobs Failing to show up for work Sabotage production lines |
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What is Luddites? |
Early 19th century, a group of people were against any introduction of new technological work. They would go around and destroy any factory equipment. Today, it is used a lot more lightly |
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What is InternalLabour Markets? |
Social ways for controlling pay rates, hiring, and promotions within corporations while reducing competition between firm’s workers and external labour supplies |
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What is Professionals? |
People with specialized knowledge acquired through extensive higher education |
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Who is FOXCONN? |
One of China’s largest manufacturing companies |
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How long and how many people does it take to make 1 I-Pad? |
5 days and 325 people |
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What is Outsourcing? |
Getting another company to produce your product |
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Problem of Outsourcing? |
Language barrier Quality of Product |
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As the standard of living in China ________, the Chinese are going to ask for __________ to do our work, so the work has to come back to ________ and ______ to be produced |
Rises More money Canada US |
