Work

Cards (14)

  • Work
    The carrying out of tasks, involving the expenditure of mental and physical effort which have as their objective the production of goods and services that cater to human needs
  • Occupation
    Work which is done in exchange for a regular wage
  • Sectors of the economy
    • Primary sector
    • Secondary sector
    • Tertiary sector
  • Taylorism
    • Scientific management
    • System of mass production, tied to the cultivation of mass markets
  • Fordism
    System of mass production, tied to the cultivation of mass markets
  • Alienation
    • Workers have little control over the nature of the task
    • Workers only contribute a fraction to the creation of the overall product
    • Workers have no influence over how or to whom it is eventually sold
  • Strike
    A temporary stoppage of work by a group of employees in order to express a grievance or enforce a demand
  • BDA
    • Professional
    • Managers
    • Clerks
    • Sales
    • Service
    • Production
  • BDA - Professional
    • 59% male
    • 41% female
  • BDA - Managers
    • 45% male
    • 55% female
  • BDA - Clerks
    • 14% male
    • 86% female
  • BDA - Sales
    • 38% male
    • 62% female
  • BDA - Service
    • 46% male
    • 54% female
  • BDA - Production
    • 93% male
    • 7% female