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Introduction to working conditions and environment / edited by J.-M. Clerc.

By: International Labour Office.
Contributor(s): Clerc, J.-M.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Geneva : International Labour Office, 1985Description: xx, 323 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9221051250 ; 9221051242 .Subject(s): Work environment | Industrial hygieneDDC classification: 658.312
Contents:
Importance and unity of working conditions and environment -- Occupational safety and health -- Working time -- Wages -- Organisation of work and job content -- Workers' welfare facilities -- Workers in the rural and urban informal sectors in developing countries -- How to improve working conditions and environment -- Conclusion.
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General Lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 658.312 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00028177
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 316-323).

Importance and unity of working conditions and environment -- Occupational safety and health -- Working time -- Wages -- Organisation of work and job content -- Workers' welfare facilities -- Workers in the rural and urban informal sectors in developing countries -- How to improve working conditions and environment -- Conclusion.

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CHOICE Review

This ambitious book is the work of International Labour Office experts on working conditions around the globe. Several conferences and years of preparation went into producing the manuscript. The target audience is persons involved with programs to improve working conditions, and the aim is to inspire more intensive efforts. The scope of the book is extensive but not enough detail is provided to get a definitive picture of each topic for both developed and developing nations. The contents include occupational safety and health; working hours; wages; organization of work and task content; welfare facilities; work in rural and urban sectors in developing countries; and a discussion on how to improve working conditions. For unclear reasons, the most inclusive and detailed chapter deals with organization of work; for example, tall and flat hierarchies and scientific management versus newer notions of job enrichment are discussed. It is a solid chapter, but too elaborate and not relevant to developing countries. Overall, the book provides a good introduction to problems of working conditions; their solution, however, is barely touched on. Teachers and graduate students of socioloby of work, and international business, will benefit from this overview.-C. Tausky, University of Massachusetts at Amherst

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