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Intended as a direct assault on management of blue-collar labor under capitalism, [3] Braverman's book started what came to be called, using Braverman's phraseology, "the labor process debate". [4] This had as its focus a close examination the nature of "skill" and the finding that there was a decline in the use of skilled labor as a result of ...
Labour process theory (LPT) is a Marxist theory of the organization of work under capitalism.Researchers in critical management studies, organization studies, and related disciplines have used LPT to explain antagonistic relationships between employers and employees in capitalist economies, with a particular focus on problems of deskilling, worker autonomy, and managerial control at the point ...
Braverman's contribution to the sociology of work and industry (i.e., industrial sociology) has been important and his theories of the labour process continue to inform teaching and research. [citation needed] Braverman's thesis has, however, been contested, notably [citation needed] by Andrew Freidman in his work Industry and Labour (1977).
Harry Braverman (December 9, 1920 – August 2, 1976) [1] was an American Marxist, worker, political economist and revolutionary.Born in New York City to a working-class family, Braverman worked in a variety of metal smithing industries before becoming an editor at Grove Press, and later Monthly Review Press, where he worked until his death at the age of 55 in Honesdale, Pennsylvania. [2]
Harry Braverman's work Labor and Monopoly Capital: The Degradation of Work in the Twentieth Century, published in 1974, was critical of scientific management and of Taylor in particular. This work pioneered the field of Labor Process Theory as well as contributing to the historiography of the workplace.
Michael Burawoy (born 15 June 1947) is a British sociologist working within Marxist social theory, best known as the leading proponent of public sociology and the author of Manufacturing Consent: Changes in the Labor Process Under Monopoly Capitalism—a study on the sociology of industry [12] that has been translated into a number of languages.
Michael F. Bleaney, Underconsumption Theories: A History and Critical Analysis (New York: International Publishers, 1976), pp. 225–243; Braverman, Harry. Labor and Monopoly Capital: The Degradation of Work in the Twentieth Century (New York: Monthly Review Press, 1974)
The chief nurse is a registered nurse who supervises the care of all the patients at a health care facility. The chief nurse is the senior nursing management position in an organization and often holds executive titles like chief nursing officer (CNO), chief nurse executive, or vice-president of nursing. They typically report to the CEO or COO.