More with Less : Work Reorganization in the Canadian Mining Industry.

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Explores the changing character of industrial relations and labour processes in two staple industries, potash and uranium mining, through an innovative case-analytic approach that compares the managerial strategies used by five transnational firms.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Russell, Bob
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1999.
Colección:Studies in comparative political economy and public policy.
Temas:
Mineral industries > Canada > Management > Case studies.
Potash industry and trade > Canada > Management > Case studies.
Potash mines and mining > Canada > Case studies.
Uranium industry > Canada > Management > Case studies.
Uranium mines and mining > Canada > Case studies.
Downsizing of organizations > Canada > Case studies.
Industrial relations > Canada > Case studies.
Mine management > Canada > Case studies.
Mines > Industrie > Canada > Gestion > Études de cas.
Potasse > Industrie > Canada > Gestion > Études de cas.
Potasse > Mines et extraction > Canada > Études de cas.
Uranium > Industrie > Canada > Gestion > Études de cas.
Uranium > Mines et extraction > Canada > Études de cas.
Personnel > Réduction > Canada > Études de cas.
Relations industrielles > Canada > Études de cas.
Downsizing of organizations
Industrial relations
Mineral industries > Management
Potash mines and mining
Uranium mines and mining
Canada
Case studies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • CONTENTS
  • LIST OF TABLES
  • LIST OF FIGURES
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • 1: Introduction
  • 'A Sign of the Times'
  • The Issues of Post-Fordism and Post-Industrialism
  • The Study: Genealogy, Design, Accident, and Politics
  • 2: Market Preliminaries: Product and Labour Markets in the Potash and Uranium Industries
  • Use-Values and Exchange-Values: Markets and Prices
  • The Labour Markets
  • Summary
  • 3: Corporate Cultures of Employment I: Two Traditional Firms
  • Corporate Cultures and the Management of Workers
  • PCS Inc.: Fordism and Radically Marketized Industrial Relations
  • Cameco and Radically Spatialized Industrial Relations
  • 4: Corporate Cultures of Employment II: Two Post-Fordist Firms
  • Central Canada Potash: Elements of a Passive Post-Fordism
  • Agrium and the Ethic of Continuous Improvement
  • Reprise
  • 5: The Labour Process
  • The Labour Processes
  • Labour Process Theory
  • Some Evidence on Skill and Related Matters
  • Conclusions
  • 6: Production Politics at Five Mine Sites
  • Control and Conflict at the Mines
  • Production Politics and the Work Environment
  • Conclusions
  • 7: Final Reflections
  • NOTES
  • REFERENCES
  • INDEX
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
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  • P
  • Q
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