Create a new account

It's simple, and free.

Shaping the American Workplace The modern American company is one I

This research examines how the current hierarchy of control came into place and what the future holds for this type of organization.

Five sources will be used for this research, including two offering historical perspectives, one examining the role of scientific management (and its validity as a science), one which examines why individuals are motivated to work at all (and what benefits they derive from their efforts), and one which considers the effect of modern management on the culture as a whole. Taken together, these readings provide insight as to why the American workplace has assumed the shape it currently has, and how the workplace has shaped other facets of the culture.

The Industrial Revolution is largely responsible for the change in the American culture which took place at the end of the last century. The machines introduced by the Industrial Revolution made it possible to produce larger number of goods with a product uniformity which had previously been impossible. At the same time, the increased numbers of people in the workforce ensured that there was a market for those goods as wages were paid to workers who previously were not earning an income.

In the "Working" chapter of Victorian America, we learn that the United States underwent significant changes during the latter part of the nineteenth century. Women and children entered the work force in large numbers as the political power and economic force of the independent farmer began to decline ("Working" 35). It was possible for these relatively unskilled and often uneducated workers to enter the workforce because of the standardization that the Industrial Revolution brought to the workplace. No longer were items produced by single craftsmen who worked years to acquire the skills necessary to make their goods; instead, a single machine could be operated by an unskilled individual with confidence on the owner's part that each part stamped out by the mach...

Page 1 of 7 Next >

More on Shaping the American Workplace The modern American company is one I...

Loading...
APA     MLA     Chicago
Shaping the American Workplace The modern American company is one I. (1969, December 31). In LotsofEssays.com. Retrieved 09:27, March 28, 2024, from https://www.lotsofessays.com/viewpaper/1705042.html