The Quality of Work: A People-Centred Agenda.

Autor/in	Lowe, Graham S.
Titel	The Quality of Work: A People-Centred Agenda.
Quelle	(2000), (213 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
ISBN	0-19-541479-9
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Attitude Change; Change Strategies; Check Lists; Education Work Relationship; Employee Attitudes; Employer Employee Relationship; Employment Patterns; Employment Practices; Employment Problems; Employment Qualifications; Equal Opportunities (Jobs); Family Work Relationship; Foreign Countries; Futures (of Society); Government Role; Job Satisfaction; Job Skills; Job Training; Literature Reviews; Needs Assessment; Organizational Development; Policy Formation; Position Papers; Productivity; Professional Associations; Quality of Working Life; Trend Analysis; Unions; Work Environment; Youth Employment; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; Lösungsstrategie; Checkliste; Arbeitnehmerinteresse; Beschäftigungsstruktur; Berufspraxis; Beschäftigungssituation; Employment qualification; Vocational qualification; Vocational qualifications; Berufliche Qualifikation; Equal opportunity; Equal opportunities; Job; Jobs; Chancengleichheit; Beruf; Ausland; Future; Society; Zukunft; Labor; Labour; Satisfaction; Arbeit; Zufriedenheit; Produktive Fertigkeit; Berufsqualifizierender Bildungsgang; Bedarfsermittlung; Organisationsentwicklung; Politische Betätigung; Positionspapier; Produktivität; Arbeitsqualität; Trendanalyse; Arbeitsmilieu; Youth work; Jugendarbeit; Kanada
Abstract	This book examines trends and problems in Canadian workplaces and advocates a people-centered agenda for improving the quality of working life. Chapters 1-9 discuss the following topics: the future of work; the crisis in work; what Canadians want from work; the "new economy"; education, skills, and the knowledge economy; youth and work; "putting people first"; workplace innovation; and unions and the quality agenda. Chapter 10 proposes the following principles of higher-quality work for assessing overall work trends, employers' practices, government policies, and the agendas of unions and professional associations: (1) a basic right to work that provides a decent living standard and economic security; (2) mutual trust among employers and workers; (3) opportunities for all workers to constructively participate in decision making regarding their working conditions; (4) a culture of openness regarding information about the business and provision of the resources workers need to use the information effectively; (5) healthy and safe work environments developed through collaboration between workers and employers; (6) work environments supportive of a balanced life; (7) encouragement of innovation based on workers' initiative and creativity; and (8) opportunities to use and further develop skills, knowledge, and abilities in the course of doing one's job. (Contains 12 figures and 446 endnotes.)(MN)
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