CONTENT SUMMARY
The content summary indicates the general content of the module overall and may change in response to developments in the lexicons of people, work and society.
You will be required to work on a weekly basis on your concept map and be able to get formative assessment during the module, culminating in a group presentation for your summative assessment.
More information on concept mapping can be found later in this handbook.
The evolution of work and the development of organisational functions (focusing on the HR function)
Time, Space and Discipline: The Emergence of Modern Work
The individual and the meaning and nature of work
The Division of Labour, Taylorism and Fordism
Karl Marx: work, capitalism, and alienation
Types of employment, unemployment, and underemployment
Low-Wage Work in the modern economy
Quality of work and the contribution of the Human Resource function
Stress at work and employee wellbeing
Employee motivation and job satisfaction
Post-Fordism and Globalisation
The future of work – Digital Utopias and dystopia’s