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The Fissured Workplace : Why Work Became So Bad for So Many and What Can Be Done to Improve It.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (421 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780674726123
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Fissured WorkplaceDDC classification:
  • 331.20973
LOC classification:
  • HD8066 .W44 2014
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Part I: Vignettes from the Modern Workplace -- 1. The Fissured Workplace and Its Consequences -- 2. Employment in a Pre-fissured World -- 3. Why Fissure? -- 4. Wage Determination in a Fissured Workplace -- Part II. The Forms and Consequences of the Fissured Workplace -- 5. The Subcontracted Workplace -- 6. Fissuring and Franchising -- 7. Supply Chains and the Fissured Workplace -- Part III: Mending the Fissured Workplace -- 8. Rethinking Responsibility -- 9. Rethinking Enforcement -- 10. Fixing Broken Windows -- 11. The Fissured Economy -- 12. A Path Forward -- Notes -- References -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Summary: Fissuring--splitting off functions that were once managed internally--has been a successful business strategy. Large companies maintain the quality of their brand without the cost of an expensive workforce. But this approach has led to stagnation in wages and benefits and a lower standard of living for workers. David Weil proposes solutions.
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Intro -- Contents -- Part I: Vignettes from the Modern Workplace -- 1. The Fissured Workplace and Its Consequences -- 2. Employment in a Pre-fissured World -- 3. Why Fissure? -- 4. Wage Determination in a Fissured Workplace -- Part II. The Forms and Consequences of the Fissured Workplace -- 5. The Subcontracted Workplace -- 6. Fissuring and Franchising -- 7. Supply Chains and the Fissured Workplace -- Part III: Mending the Fissured Workplace -- 8. Rethinking Responsibility -- 9. Rethinking Enforcement -- 10. Fixing Broken Windows -- 11. The Fissured Economy -- 12. A Path Forward -- Notes -- References -- Acknowledgments -- Index.

Fissuring--splitting off functions that were once managed internally--has been a successful business strategy. Large companies maintain the quality of their brand without the cost of an expensive workforce. But this approach has led to stagnation in wages and benefits and a lower standard of living for workers. David Weil proposes solutions.

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