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Know-How on the Job: The Important Working Knowledge of "Unskilled" Workers
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Westview Press, Boulder, Colorado, 1978
ISBN 10: 0891582606
ISBN 13: 9780891582601
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Hardcover
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Seller: The BiblioFile, Rapid River, MI, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Rare material. Blue coated cloth boards, black stamped cover and spine titles, lt. shelf wear. Pages fine; no writing. "Unskilled" workers must acquire a substantial body of knowledge to survive and succeed - despite mechanization and automation, despite bureaucratization and the ever narrower division of labor, and despite industrial engineering. This working knowledge is indispensable to production, yet informally learned and too often unrecognized. Workers can utilize this knowledge to carry on the production of useful goods and services going beyond standard labor practices of simply cutting costs and increasing profits. Describes the methods and ethics of research carried out for this study and is divided into two main sections: Working Knowledge Described and Working Knowledge Analyzed. 202 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book. Seller Inventory # 016939