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righttowork.org.uk - conference
Interesting idea but looks a bit SWS which might put people off. But isn't employment doomed anyway? Worker #coops anyone?
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conferences cooperative events politics ukgov work | mjray | 01/24/2010 13:11 |
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IGDA - Articles - Why Crunch Mode Doesn't Work: 6 Lessons
When Henry Ford famously adopted a 40-hour workweek in 1926, he was bitterly criticized by members of the National Association of Manufacturers. But his experiments, which he'd been conducting for at least 12 years, showed him clearly that cutting the workday from ten hours to eight hours — and the workweek from six days to five days — increased total worker output and reduced production cost. Ford spoke glowingly of the social benefits of a shorter workweek, couched firmly in terms of how increased time for consumption was good for everyone. But the core of his argument was that reduced shift length meant more output.
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stress work | hexmode | 04/02/2006 02:17 |
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Creating Passionate Users: "Dignity is deadly." - Paul Graham
I cannot count the times I heard the word "professionalism" used as justification for why we couldn't do something.
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hexmode | 09/30/2005 04:24 | |
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WSJ.com - Capital
Engineers, physicists, geologists worked well on individual projects, but the company hadn't a clue how to help them develop the professional sides of their lives. "If you can't manage these people," Mr. Baird decided, "let them manage themselves," recalls Mr. Edmundson. He was ordered to implement the idea.
With no reliable roster to consult, Mr. Edmundson eventually asked people to register themselves as members of one of 20 groups without regard to experience, education or title. Within a month, he had more than 3,000 names.
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hexmode | 08/26/2005 14:42 |