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CIO

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OF

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AN

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PRO

FESS

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ET

HIC

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Ant

T

EX

TB

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FAC

UL

TY

OF

CIV

IL E

NG

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1

Cont

ents

1

. D

efin

itio

ns

of

bas

ic t

erm

s ............................................................ 5

Work

.................................................................................................. 6

Soci

olo

gy o

f W

ork

............................................................................ 9

Sum

mar

y ..

....................................................................................... 1

3

Exam

ple

s of

exam

ques

tions .

.......................................................... 1

4

2.

His

tory

of

Work

......................................................................... 1

5

Work

Epoch

s ................................................................................... 1

5

Epoch

of

tools

................................................................................. 1

6

Sum

mar

y ..

....................................................................................... 2

6

Exam

ple

s of

exam

ques

tion

............................................................ 2

8

3.

Cla

ssic

al T

heo

ries

of

the

Org

aniz

atio

n o

f W

ork

....................... 2

9

Pre

curs

ors

of

the

theo

ry o

f w

ork

org

aniz

atio

n ..

.............................. 2

9

Ad

am S

mit

h (

17

23

-1790)

............................................................... 3

0

Wis

low

Fre

der

ick

Tay

lor

(18

56

-1915) ........................................... 3

2

Fra

nk

Bu

nk

er G

ilb

reth

(1

868

-1924) ............................................... 3

4

Max

Web

er (

1864

-1920) .

................................................................ 3

5

Hen

ry F

ord

(1

84

1-1

925) ................................................................. 3

6

Sum

mar

y ..

....................................................................................... 3

7

Exam

ple

s of

exam

ques

tions .

.......................................................... 3

8

4.

Elt

on M

ayo's

Exper

imen

ts (

1880

-1949) .

................................... 4

1

Lif

e an

d c

aree

r of

May

o ..

................................................................ 4

1

Ex

per

imen

ts w

ith

lig

hti

ng ..

............................................................. 4

1

Exper

imen

ts w

ith r

elay

s .................................................................. 4

2

13

2

dis

reg

ard

of

eth

ics.

By

ad

her

ing

to

bu

sin

ess

eth

ics,

th

e co

mp

any

gai

ns

a re

pu

tati

on

, an

d g

reat

er s

atis

fact

ion

of

the

emp

loy

ee's

per

form

ance

.

Ther

efore

, m

anag

ers

must

dev

elop p

osi

tive

ethic

s.

6.

It i

s not

easy

to g

ive

unam

big

uo

us

answ

ers

to a

nu

mb

er o

f is

sues

in

the

fiel

d o

f b

usi

nes

s et

hic

s an

d t

her

efo

re m

any

iss

ues

rem

ain

to

be

the

sub

ject

of

dis

cuss

ion

of

the

theo

ry o

f b

usi

nes

s et

hic

s.

Exa

mpl

es o

f exa

m q

uest

ions

1.

Wh

at i

s se

xu

al h

aras

smen

t?

2.

Lis

t th

e m

ost

im

po

rtan

t ru

les

to

be

foll

ow

ed

by

mem

ber

s o

f th

e

acad

emic

co

mm

un

ity

to

pre

ven

t se

xu

al h

aras

smen

t!

3.

Wh

at i

s a

con

flic

t o

f in

tere

st?

Ho

w c

an a

lo

ve

affa

ir a

t th

e w

ork

pla

ce

cau

se a

co

nfl

ict

of

inte

rest

?

4.

In

wh

at

way

ca

n

a co

nfl

ict

of

inte

rest

th

at

aris

es

as

a re

sult

o

f

rela

tio

nsh

ips

in t

he

wo

rkp

lace

be

pre

ven

ted

?

5.

Wh

at s

ho

uld

th

e v

icti

m o

f se

xu

al h

aras

smen

t d

o?

6.

Ho

w s

ho

uld

man

ager

s, a

cco

rdin

g t

o F

ried

man

, re

solv

e th

e p

ote

nti

al

con

flic

t b

etw

een

eth

ics

and

lo

gic

of

pro

fit?

7.

Wh

at i

s en

lig

hte

ned

eg

ois

m?

8.

Wh

o a

re m

anag

ers

resp

on

sib

le t

o,

acco

rdin

g t

o F

reem

an's

th

eory

?

9.

Com

par

e F

ried

man

and F

reem

an's

th

eory

! S

up

po

rt t

his

com

par

iso

n

wit

h e

xam

ple

s!

10

. G

ive

fiv

e ex

amp

les

of

eth

ical

dil

emm

as t

hat

try

to

so

lve

the

theo

ry o

f

bu

sin

ess

eth

ics!

Giv

e y

ou

r o

wn

op

inio

n h

ow

th

is d

ilem

ma

sho

uld

be

reso

lved

, an

d s

pec

ify

th

e ar

gu

men

ts i

n s

up

po

rt o

f y

ou

r o

pin

ion

!

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Sum

mar

y

1.

Sex

ual

har

assm

ent

is a

form

of

har

assm

ent

that

is

char

acte

rize

d b

y t

he

lack

o

f ac

cep

tan

ce

or

reje

ctio

n

of

the

oth

er

per

son

, an

d

inv

olv

es

rep

eate

d s

end

ing

of

un

wan

ted

ver

bal

an

d p

hy

sica

l su

gg

esti

on

s o

f a

sex

ual

nat

ure

to

an

oth

er p

erso

n,

ph

ysi

cal

assa

ult

, re

pea

ted

dis

clo

sure

of

un

wan

ted

jo

kes

an

d r

emar

ks

that

are

sex

ual

ly c

olo

red

, in

clu

din

g

refe

ren

ces

to s

ex a

nd

sex

ual

ori

enta

tio

n,

der

isio

n a

nd

rid

icu

le,

wh

ich

is a

sex

ual

ly co

lore

d,

dis

pla

y o

f se

xu

ally

o

ffen

siv

e an

d d

istu

rbin

g

mat

eria

l, r

equ

esti

ng

sex

ual

fav

ors

in

exch

ange

for

a sp

ecif

ic a

ct o

r

fail

ure

fro

m p

osi

tio

ns

of

auth

ori

ty.

2.

Pro

hib

itio

n

of

sex

ual

h

aras

smen

t d

oes

n

ot

ban

th

ose

ro

man

tic

or

sex

ual

rel

atio

nsh

ips

at t

he

wo

rkp

lace

gen

erat

ed b

y m

utu

al c

on

sen

t.

Ho

wev

er,

in s

uch

rel

atio

nsh

ips

con

flic

ts o

f in

tere

st m

ust

be

avo

ided

(fo

r ex

amp

le,

an

emp

loy

ee

is

pro

mo

ted

o

nly

b

ecau

se

on

e is

in

a

rela

tio

nsh

ip w

ith

his

/her

man

ager

).

3.

Pre

ven

tin

g s

exu

al h

aras

smen

t is

a v

ery

im

po

rtan

t el

emen

t o

f th

e co

de

of

eth

ics

and

th

at i

s w

hy

co

mp

anie

s m

ust

hav

e cl

ear

rule

s th

at w

ill

pre

ven

t su

ch b

ehav

ior

at t

he

wo

rkp

lace

.

4.

Th

ere

are

con

flic

tin

g

op

inio

ns

abo

ut

the

imp

ort

ance

o

f b

usi

nes

s

eth

ics.

F

ried

man

b

elie

ves

th

at

man

ager

s m

ust

st

riv

e so

lely

to

max

imiz

e p

rofi

ts, p

rov

ided

th

ey d

o n

ot

vio

late

law

s.

5.

Th

e th

eory

of

enli

gh

ten

ed e

go

ism

bel

ieves

that

man

ager

s m

ust

tak

e

care

n

ot

on

ly

of

sho

rt-t

erm

p

rofi

ts

bu

t al

so

of

emp

loy

ees,

th

e

env

iro

nm

ent,

cu

sto

mer

s, a

nd

su

pp

lier

s. T

his

th

eory

ho

lds

that

lo

ng

-

term

co

mp

lian

ce

wit

h

bu

sin

ess

eth

ics

bri

ngs

hig

her

pro

fits

th

an

2

Ex

pla

nat

ion

of

exp

erim

enta

l re

sult

s ................................................ 4

4

Th

e b

asic

ele

men

ts o

f M

ayo

's t

heo

ry ..

............................................ 4

5

Cri

tici

sm o

f M

ayo's

theo

ry ..

............................................................ 4

6

Co

nti

ng

ency

ap

pro

ach

in

so

cio

logy o

f w

ork

.................................. 4

7

Sum

mar

y ..

....................................................................................... 4

8

Exam

ple

s of

exam

ques

tions .

.......................................................... 4

9

5.

Sel

ecti

on o

f w

ork

ers

.................................................................. 5

1

How

to c

hoose

the

work

ers?

........................................................... 5

3

Appli

cati

on f

orm

an

d C

V ..

.............................................................. 5

3

Can

did

ate

test

ing ..

........................................................................... 5

5

Tas

k ..

............................................................................................... 5

7

Inte

rvie

w ......................................................................................... 5

7

How

to b

e se

lect

ed?

........................................................................ 5

9

Sum

mar

y ..

....................................................................................... 6

2

Exam

ple

s of

exam

ques

tions .

.......................................................... 6

3

6.

Work

moti

vat

ion ..

...................................................................... 6

5

Moti

vat

ion ..

..................................................................................... 6

5

Mas

low

's t

heo

ry o

f m

oti

vat

ion

........................................................ 6

6

McC

lell

and's

theo

ry o

f m

oti

vat

ion

................................................. 6

9

Met

ho

ds

of

enco

ura

gin

g w

ork

moti

vat

ion

...................................... 7

0

Sum

mar

y ..

....................................................................................... 7

2

Exam

ple

s of

exam

ques

tions .

.......................................................... 7

3

7.

R

ewar

din

g a

nd

pu

nis

hin

g w

ork

ers

............................................ 7

5

Th

e ro

le o

f re

war

d a

nd

pu

nis

hm

ent

in m

oti

vat

ion o

f w

ork

............ 7

5

Types

of

rew

ards ............................................................................. 7

6

Pri

ze m

on

ey ..

................................................................................... 7

7

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Punis

hm

ent

of

work

ers .

................................................................... 8

0

Rule

s of

punis

hm

ent .

....................................................................... 8

1

Types

of

punis

hm

ent .

...................................................................... 8

3

Dis

cipli

nar

y m

eeti

ng

....................................................................... 8

5

Sum

mar

y ..

....................................................................................... 8

6

Exam

ple

s of

exam

ques

tions .

.......................................................... 8

7

8. W

ork

ing c

aree

r ............................................................................... 8

9

Intr

oduct

ion ..

................................................................................... 8

9

1. P

repar

atio

n ..

............................................................................... 8

9

3.

Tra

nsi

tio

n f

rom

sch

oo

l to

work

and i

nte

rnsh

ip p

erio

d ..

............. 9

2

4. P

erm

anen

t em

plo

ym

ent.

.............................................................. 9

3

5. R

etir

emen

t ................................................................................... 9

5

Unem

plo

ym

ent .

............................................................................... 9

6

Sum

mar

y ..

....................................................................................... 9

7

Exam

ple

s of

exam

ques

tions .

.......................................................... 9

8

9.

Pro

fess

ional

ism

.......................................................................... 9

9

Def

init

ions

of

pro

fess

ion ..

............................................................... 9

9

Char

acte

rist

ics

of

a pro

fess

ion ..

.................................................... 1

00

Sum

mar

y ..

..................................................................................... 1

09

Exam

ple

s of

exam

ques

tions .

........................................................ 1

10

10

. P

rofe

ssio

nal

an

d b

usi

nes

s et

hic

s ................................................. 1

11

Pro

fess

ional

eth

ics .

........................................................................ 1

11

Rel

atio

nsh

ip w

ith c

lien

ts ..

............................................................. 1

12

Rel

atio

nsh

ip o

f p

rofe

ssio

nal

s an

d f

ello

w c

oll

eagues

.................... 1

14

Co

mp

lian

ce w

ith

reg

ula

tions

........................................................ 1

15

Busi

nes

s et

hic

s .............................................................................. 1

16

13

0

4.

Is i

t et

hic

al t

o c

hec

k w

hat

the

can

did

ates

, w

ho

hav

e ap

pli

ed f

or

the

com

pet

itio

n f

or

the

job

, d

o i

n t

hei

r fr

ee t

ime

(wh

ich

was

th

e ca

se a

t T

-

com

)?

5.

Is i

t m

ora

l to

giv

e a

bri

be

to a

po

liti

cian

in

an

oth

er c

ou

ntr

y t

o g

et a

job

? Is

it

imm

ora

l ev

en t

ho

ug

h i

t is

a c

om

mo

n b

usi

nes

s p

ract

ice

in

that

sta

te?

6.

Sh

ou

ld s

tate

s al

low

em

plo

yer

s to

req

uir

e em

plo

yee

s to

wo

rk 6

0 h

ou

rs

a w

eek

? S

ho

uld

th

is w

ork

be

pre

ven

ted

ev

en i

f th

e em

plo

yee

ag

rees

to

wo

rk s

uch

lo

ng

ho

urs

? S

ho

uld

a 6

0-h

our

wee

k b

e ban

ned

even

for

emp

loy

ees

wh

o g

et s

o m

uch

wo

rk a

nd

ear

n 1

00

,00

0 b

uck

s p

er m

on

th?

7.

Is i

t m

ora

lly

rig

ht

to r

equ

ire

emp

loy

ees

to s

ign

a s

tate

men

t th

at i

n n

o

even

t th

ey w

ill

dis

clo

se t

rad

e se

cret

s? S

ho

uld

su

ch a

n a

gre

emen

t b

e

bin

din

g e

ven

if

a tr

ade

secr

et o

f th

e co

mp

any

's p

rod

uct

s is

har

mfu

l to

hea

lth

?

8.

Is

it

mo

rall

y

rig

ht

to

exp

ort

"d

irty

" te

chn

olo

gy

in

d

evel

op

ing

cou

ntr

ies?

Is

it u

nac

cep

tab

le e

ven

in

a s

itu

atio

n w

her

e p

eop

le i

n t

ho

se

cou

ntr

ies

wan

t th

is t

ech

no

log

y t

o g

et j

ob

s?

9.

Is i

t m

ora

l to

ex

po

rt,

wit

h t

he

hig

h f

ee,

rad

ioac

tiv

e w

aste

s to

co

un

trie

s

that

wan

t to

sto

re i

t an

d d

o n

ot

hav

e th

e p

rop

er c

on

dit

ion

s fo

r th

e

dis

po

sal

of

such

was

te?

10

. Is

it

mo

ral

to r

equ

ire

can

did

ates

fo

r th

e jo

b t

o m

ake

the

AID

S t

est?

Is

it m

ora

l n

ot

to a

ccep

t ca

nd

idat

es w

ho

can

do

ev

ery

thin

g b

ette

r th

an

thei

r co

mp

etit

ors

, b

ut

wh

o a

re H

IV-p

osi

tiv

e?

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just

to

m

ake

more

m

oney

. In

o

ther

w

ord

s, en

lig

hte

ned

eg

ois

m is

p

artl

y

altr

uis

m b

ecau

se f

or

cari

ng

ab

ou

t o

ur

lon

g-t

erm

cli

ents

, w

e ea

rn a

lot

more

than

if

we

inte

nti

on

ally

dec

eiv

e th

em f

or

fast

er e

arn

ing

s. O

f co

urs

e, w

e h

ave

alre

ady

m

enti

on

ed

som

e o

ther

re

aso

ns

for

acti

ng

m

ora

lly

-

a se

nse

o

f

sati

sfac

tio

n d

ue

to h

on

est

wo

rk a

nd

abse

nce

of

fear

that

im

mora

l or

even

ille

gal

act

ion

s w

ill

even

tual

ly b

e d

isco

ver

ed a

nd

pu

nis

hed

. T

her

efo

re,

man

y

com

pan

ies

are

try

ing

to

ta

ke

care

n

ot

on

ly

of

the

clie

nts

an

d

the

loca

l

com

mu

nit

y b

ut

also

of

thei

r o

wn

em

plo

yee

s (i

n a

cco

rdan

ce w

ith

th

e M

ayo

's

reco

mm

end

atio

ns)

. S

o t

hey

bu

ild

fre

e k

ind

erg

arte

ns

wh

ich

are

in

corp

ora

ted

in t

he

com

pan

y,

co-f

inan

ce s

um

mer

vac

atio

ns

of

thei

r em

plo

yee

s, h

elp

th

em

when

th

e em

plo

yee

s re

loca

te,

etc.

T

hat

et

hic

al

beh

avio

r is

o

ften

v

ery

pro

fita

ble

co

nfi

rms

the

fact

th

at M

icro

soft

is

on

e o

f th

e m

ost

su

cces

sfu

l

com

pan

ies

in r

ecen

t d

ecad

es,

kn

ow

n f

or

giv

ing

lar

ge

do

nat

ion

s to

var

iou

s

hu

man

itar

ian

p

roje

cts.

O

bv

iou

sly

, a

go

od

im

age

of

the

com

pan

y

has

a

po

siti

ve

effe

ct o

n i

ts b

usi

nes

s o

per

atio

ns.

Ho

wev

er,

that

do

es n

ot

mea

n t

hat

it i

s al

way

s ea

sy t

o r

esp

ect

bu

sin

ess

eth

ics

wh

en t

he

log

ic o

f p

rofi

t co

nfl

icts

wit

h b

usi

nes

s et

hic

s. T

her

efo

re,

som

e o

f th

e m

any

eth

ical

dil

emm

as t

hat

aris

e ev

ery d

ay w

ill

be

list

ed a

t th

e en

d o

f th

is c

hap

ter

and

yo

u w

ill

pro

bab

ly

hav

e to

fac

e th

em d

uri

ng

yo

ur

life

tim

e:

1.

Is i

t al

low

ed t

o l

ie i

n t

he

com

mer

cial

s? I

s it

fin

anci

ally

ben

efic

ial?

Sh

ou

ld t

he

stat

e

pro

hib

it t

he

dis

clo

sure

of

inac

cura

te i

nfo

rmat

ion

in

the

com

mer

cial

s?

2.

Is

it

eth

ical

to

ad

ver

tise

p

rod

uct

s th

at

are

har

mfu

l to

h

ealt

h

(fo

r

exam

ple

, al

coh

ol)

?

3.

Is i

t m

ora

l th

at c

om

pan

ies

con

tro

l th

e e-

mai

ls o

f th

eir

emp

loy

ees

and

chec

k w

hat

co

nte

nt

they

rea

d o

n t

he

net

du

rin

g w

ork

ing

ho

urs

?

4

Sh

ou

ld w

e re

spec

t b

usi

nes

s et

hic

s? ..

............................................. 1

17

Sum

mar

y ..

..................................................................................... 1

21

Ex

amp

les

of

exam

qu

esti

ons .

........................................................ 1

22

11

. S

om

e is

sues

in

bu

sines

s et

hic

s ................................................. 1

23

Sex

ual

har

assm

ent .

........................................................................ 1

23

Wh

at s

ho

uld

vic

tim

s o

f se

xu

al h

aras

smen

t do?

............................ 1

25

Pro

fit

and

bu

sin

ess

ethic

s .............................................................. 1

26

Sum

mar

y ..

..................................................................................... 1

31

Ex

amp

les

of

exam

qu

esti

ons .

........................................................ 1

32

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5

1. D

efin

ition

s of b

asic

term

s

Fil

l in

th

e ta

ble

. F

irst

an

swer

YE

S o

r N

O t

o t

he

qu

esti

on

s o

f w

het

her

so

met

hin

g i

s co

nsi

der

ed a

s w

ork

, an

d t

hen

sp

ecif

y t

he

crit

eria

by

wh

ich

yo

u

resp

on

ded

(e.

g.,

th

e en

erg

y i

nv

este

d):

A

CT

VIT

Y

IS I

T W

OR

K?

AS

SE

SS

ME

NT

A p

ries

t is

san

ctif

yin

g a

ho

use

.

A w

ork

er i

s w

eari

ng

a t

oo

l fr

om

on

e si

de

of

the

hal

l to

th

e o

ther

so

th

at h

is s

up

erv

iso

r w

ou

ld n

ot

giv

e h

im

som

e o

ther

tas

k.

Ch

ild

ren

are

bu

ild

ing

a s

and

cas

tle.

An

off

icer

is

sho

oti

ng

at

a ta

rget

.

Wai

tin

g f

or

a b

oss

a d

riv

er i

s d

rin

kin

g c

off

ee i

n a

ca

fé.

An

off

icer

is

sitt

ing

on

th

e to

ilet

wai

tin

g f

or

the

end

o

f th

e w

ork

day

.

A G

erm

an t

each

er i

s w

atch

ing

a p

lay

at

a th

eate

r in

th

e G

erm

an l

ang

uag

e.

An

an

imat

e la

dy

is

per

suad

ing

gu

ests

at

the

bar

to

o

rder

a b

ott

le o

f w

his

key

.

A h

ou

sew

ife

is k

nit

tin

g s

ock

s.

Far

mer

s ar

e th

row

ing

fru

it i

nto

th

e ri

ver

to

pro

test

ag

ain

st l

ow

pri

ces.

A s

tud

ent

is w

riti

ng

an

ess

ay.

A m

an i

s d

igg

ing

a p

it a

nd

th

en f

illi

ng

it

agai

n.

A d

og

is

bit

ing

a b

urg

lar.

A w

ife

is c

oo

kin

g d

inn

er f

or

her

hu

sban

d.

An

ts a

re b

uil

din

g t

hei

r n

est.

12

8

pat

ien

t, f

org

ive

the

do

cto

r w

ho

un

nec

essa

rily

did

th

e su

rger

y (

of

cou

rse,

if

yo

u s

urv

ived

th

e o

per

atio

n)?

If

yo

u b

elie

ve

that

a d

oct

or

can

no

t o

per

ate

du

e

to e

thic

al r

easo

ns,

do

yo

u t

hin

k t

hat

th

e o

wn

er o

f th

e co

nst

ruct

ion

co

mp

any

sho

uld

in

stal

l fi

lter

s th

at w

ou

ld p

rev

ent

the

po

llu

tio

n o

f th

e en

vir

on

men

t,

even

if

the

law

did

no

t re

qu

ire

it (

bec

ause

of

po

llu

tio

n a

nd

peo

ple

can

als

o

get

ver

y s

ick

an

d e

ven

die

)? S

o,

sho

uld

lo

gic

of

pro

fit

be

abo

ve

the

no

rms

of

bu

sin

ess

and

pro

fess

ion

al e

thic

s?

No

t al

l th

eori

sts

shar

e F

ried

man

's o

pin

ion

. E

dw

ard

F

reem

an (2

00

6)4

5

stat

es t

hat

man

ager

s ar

e re

spo

nsi

ble

no

t o

nly

to

th

e o

wn

ers

of

shar

es b

ut

also

to t

he

loca

l co

mm

un

ity

, su

pp

lier

s, c

ust

om

ers

and

em

plo

yee

s in

th

e co

mp

any

.

Mar

ian

ne

Jen

nin

gs

(20

03

) ca

lls

this

th

eory

"s

cho

ol

of

enli

gh

ten

ed

self

ish

nes

s" a

nd

say

s: "

In l

ine

wit

h t

his

sch

oo

l, t

he

man

ager

is

resp

on

sib

le

no

t o

nly

to

sh

areh

old

ers

bu

t al

so

to

the

wid

er

com

mu

nit

y.

En

lig

hte

ned

ego

ism

is

bas

ed o

n t

he

no

tio

n t

hat

so

cial

ly r

esp

on

sib

le b

usi

nes

s is

in

lo

ng

term

m

ore

pro

fita

ble

th

an

trad

itio

nal

eg

ois

m."

46

Sch

oo

l o

f en

lig

hte

ned

self

ish

nes

s w

ou

ld a

rgu

e th

at i

t is

in

th

e b

uil

din

g c

on

trac

tor'

s se

lf-i

nte

rest

to

pro

tect

th

e en

vir

on

men

t, e

ven

wh

en t

he

law

does

not

requir

e it

fro

m h

im,

bec

ause

if

lo

cal

peo

ple

se

e th

at

he

po

llu

tes

the

env

iro

nm

ent,

th

ey

wil

l

bo

yco

tt h

is p

rod

uct

s, t

he

entr

epre

neu

r w

ill

get

a b

ad r

epu

tati

on

, an

d h

e w

ill

no

t su

ccee

d a

t th

e m

ark

et.

Als

o,

the

ow

ner

of

the

clin

ic w

ill

also

ban

kru

pt

if

it b

eco

mes

kn

ow

n t

hat

pat

ien

ts w

ere

op

erat

ed e

ven

wh

en i

t w

as n

ot

nee

ded

,

45 F

reem

an,

Ed

war

d E

., 2

00

6,

A S

tak

eho

lder

Th

eory

or

the

Mo

der

n C

apit

alis

m,

u

Jennin

gs,

Mar

ianne

M., B

usin

ess

Ethi

cs: C

ase

Stud

ies

and

Sele

cted

Rea

ding

s, T

hom

son,

Mas

on

, p

p. 6

3-8

.

46 J

enn

ing

s, M

aria

nn

e M

., 2

00

3,

Sch

oo

ls o

f T

hought

on S

oci

al R

esponsi

bil

ity,

in

Jen

nin

gs,

M

aria

nn

e M

(e

d.)

, Bu

sine

ss:

Its L

egal

, Et

hica

l an

d G

loba

l En

viro

nmen

t, T

ho

mso

n,

Mas

on

, p

p. 4

6-7

.

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127

Wo

uld

yo

u b

e in

tere

sted

in

an

yth

ing

els

e o

ther

th

an t

o r

etu

rn t

he

inv

este

d

mo

ney

an

d,

po

ssib

ly,

to g

et p

rofi

t? H

ow

ever

, th

e q

ues

tio

n a

rise

s: w

hat

if

yo

ur

com

pan

y i

s p

oll

uti

ng

th

e en

vir

on

men

t? D

o y

ou

nee

d t

o t

ake

care

of

the

peo

ple

wh

o l

ive

nea

r y

ou

r co

mp

any

? O

r o

ne

sho

uld

co

nti

nu

e to

th

ink

on

ly o

f

the

pro

fit?

Fri

edm

an's

res

po

nse

wo

uld

be

po

siti

ve.

It

is n

ot

yo

ur

ob

lig

atio

n

to c

are

abo

ut

the

env

iro

nm

ent,

un

less

th

e la

w f

orc

es y

ou

to

do

so

. F

ried

man

bel

iev

es t

hat

it

is n

ot

the

du

ty o

f a

bu

sin

ess

man

to

tak

e ca

re o

f th

e co

mm

on

go

od

. It

is

stat

e's

resp

on

sib

ilit

y.

So

, if

th

e g

ov

ern

men

t h

as b

een

neg

lig

ent

and

has

no

t p

asse

d l

egis

lati

on

on

en

vir

on

men

tal

pro

tect

ion

, th

e en

trep

ren

eur

has

th

e ri

gh

t to

po

llu

te.

In o

ther

wo

rds,

th

e en

trep

ren

eur

do

es n

ot

nee

d t

o b

e

"mo

re

Ch

rist

ian

th

an

the

Po

pe.

" T

he

entr

epre

neu

r h

as

the

rig

ht,

u

nd

er

exis

tin

g l

egis

lati

on

, to

ach

iev

e th

e m

axim

um

am

ou

nt

of

earn

ing

s.

Ho

wev

er,

such

Fri

edm

an's

att

itu

de

rais

es m

any

do

ub

ts.

Su

pp

ose

th

at

the

fin

es f

or

po

llu

tin

g t

he

env

iro

nm

ent

are

smal

l, a

nd

set

tin

g t

he

air

and

wat

er p

uri

fier

is

ver

y e

xp

ensi

ve.

Are

yo

u a

llo

wed

to

vio

late

th

e la

w i

n t

his

case

, re

gula

rly

pay

the

fines

and t

hus

incr

ease

yo

ur

pro

fits

co

mp

ared

to

th

e

situ

atio

n w

hen

yo

u t

ake

mea

sure

s to

pro

tect

th

e en

vir

on

men

t? I

f p

rofi

t is

yo

ur

sole

res

po

nsi

bil

ity

, w

hy

sh

ou

ld t

he

law

be

abo

ve

yo

ur

pro

fit?

An

oth

er

exam

ple

: Y

ou

ow

n a

pri

vat

e cl

inic

th

at p

erfo

rms

hea

rt s

urg

ery.

A p

atie

nt,

to

whom

man

y o

ther

doct

ors

rec

om

men

ded

a r

isk

y h

eart

su

rger

y,

com

es t

o

yo

u.

Yo

u,

as a

su

rgeo

n a

nd

th

e o

wn

er o

f th

e cl

inic

kn

ow

th

at t

his

ris

ky

oper

atio

n i

s not

nee

ded

, but

you c

an e

arn

10

0,0

00

Eu

ros

from

this

oper

atio

n.

Leg

ally

y

ou

ca

nn

ot

hav

e a

pro

ble

m

bec

ause

y

ou

ca

n

alw

ays

pre

sen

t

do

cum

enta

tio

n f

rom

do

cto

rs w

ho

rec

om

men

ded

su

rger

y.

Do

yo

u n

eed

to

foll

ow

Fri

edm

an i

n t

his

cas

e, w

ho

say

s th

at p

rofi

t (a

nd p

oss

ibly

the

law

) is

the

on

ly t

hin

g y

ou

nee

d t

o t

ake

into

acc

ou

nt?

Wo

uld

yo

u,

if y

ou

wer

e th

e

6

Wor

k

Alt

ho

ug

h w

e fe

el t

hat

we

kn

ow

wh

at w

ork

re

ally

is,

fu

lfil

lin

g t

he

abo

ve

tab

le s

ho

ws

that

it

is n

ot

alw

ays

easy

to

ass

ess

wh

eth

er a

n a

ctu

al

acti

vit

y r

eall

y p

rese

nts

wo

rk.

Th

eref

ore

, si

nce

th

e co

urs

e is

cal

led

So

cio

log

y

of

Work

and P

rofe

ssio

nal

Eth

ics,

it

is n

eces

sary

to

fir

st d

efin

e th

e n

oti

on

of

wo

rk. A

cco

rdin

g t

o p

hy

sics

, w

ork

is

the

ener

gy

tra

nsf

erre

d b

y t

he

acti

on

of

a

forc

e o

ver

a d

ista

nce

.1 H

ow

ever

, th

is d

efin

itio

n d

oes

no

t h

elp

us

mu

ch i

n t

he

soci

al s

cien

ces,

sin

ce w

e w

ou

ld n

ot

say f

or

a m

an w

ho i

s usi

ng f

orc

e to

turn

ov

er i

n b

ed w

hil

e sl

eepin

g,

that

he

is w

ork

ing

. T

her

efo

re,

we

pro

ceed

to

th

e

def

init

ion

s th

at

are

use

d

in

the

soci

olo

gy

o

f w

ork

. O

ne

of

the

mo

st

freq

uen

tly

use

d d

efin

itio

ns

stat

es t

hat

wo

rk i

s an

act

ivit

y t

hat

tra

nsf

orm

s

nat

ure

.2

Bu

t ev

en t

his

def

init

ion

do

es n

ot

seem

ap

pro

pri

ate.

Th

e re

aso

n i

s th

at

it i

s dif

ficu

lt t

o s

ay t

hat

the

per

son

, w

ho

lef

t a

lot

of

gar

bag

e af

ter

hav

ing

a

pic

nic

an

d d

id t

ran

sfo

rm n

atu

re i

n a

n i

nap

pro

pri

ate

way

, w

ork

ed d

ilig

entl

y.

A d

efin

itio

n w

hic

h i

s oft

en m

enti

oned

say

s: a

wo

rk i

s a

pai

d a

ctiv

ity

. A

nd

ind

eed

, in

ev

ery

day

sp

eech

, th

e w

ork

is

oft

en i

den

tifi

ed w

ith

a p

aid

act

ivit

y.

Fo

r ex

amp

le,

pro

ud

par

ents

of

a g

irl,

wh

o h

as j

ust

gra

du

ated

at

the

Fac

ult

y

of

Civ

il

En

gin

eeri

ng

an

d

has

g

ot

a co

nst

ruct

ion

jo

b

at

a co

nst

ruct

ion

com

pan

y,

wil

l sa

y t

o t

hei

r n

eigh

bors

, “sh

e ha

s fi

nall

y st

arte

d w

orki

ng”.

And

they

fo

rget

all

th

e d

ish

es s

he

was

hed

, tr

ash

sh

e th

rew

aw

ay,

all

dep

artu

res

to

1

Cro

atia

n En

cycl

oped

ic D

ictio

nary

(H

rvat

ski

enci

klop

edijs

ki r

ječn

ik),

20

04

.,

No

vi

Lib

er, Z

agre

b, V

ol

9, p

p. 6

6.

2 G

rint,

Kei

th,

The

Soci

olog

y of

Wor

k, 2

005., P

oli

ty P

ress

, C

ambri

dge,

pp. 6.

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7

the

sto

re,

so a

ll h

er p

rev

iou

s w

ork

bef

ore

em

plo

ym

ent.

Th

us,

th

e q

ues

tio

n

aris

es:

is o

nly

a p

aid

act

ivit

y c

on

sid

ered

as

wo

rk?

Sh

ou

ld t

he

ho

use

kee

per

-

wh

o d

oes

all

th

e h

ou

sew

ork

, ta

kes

car

e o

f h

er f

ou

r ch

ild

ren

, k

nit

s so

cks

and

sen

ds

the

cut

cou

po

ns

to G

lori

a's

con

test

s –

be

con

sid

ered

as

an i

dle

per

son

bec

ause

sh

e d

oes

no

t ea

rn h

er s

alar

y?

It

is t

he

fem

inis

t o

rgan

izat

ion

s th

at

firm

ly d

eman

ded

th

at t

he

wo

rk a

t hom

e sh

ould

als

o b

e co

nsi

der

ed a

s w

ork

.

Th

eref

ore

, in

19

96

th

e C

on

ven

tio

n o

n h

ou

se w

ork

was

ad

op

ted

wh

ich

mad

e

wo

rk a

t h

om

e eq

ual

to

wo

rk a

t th

e w

ork

pla

ce.

Wh

at i

s im

po

rtan

t to

us

is t

he

def

init

ion

, ac

cord

ing

to

wh

ich

, p

aid

wo

rk a

ctiv

ity

is

no

t ad

equ

ate,

bec

ause

it

leav

es o

ut

a n

um

ber

o

f w

ork

fo

rms.

It

ca

n be

seen

fr

om

th

e fo

llow

ing

fict

itio

us

exam

ple

. Im

agin

e tw

o h

ou

sew

ives

wh

o k

nit

ted

sw

eate

rs f

or

thei

r

hu

sban

ds.

If

the

wo

rk i

s a

pai

d a

ctiv

ity

, th

en t

hei

r ac

tiv

ity

co

uld

no

t b

e

con

sid

ered

wo

rk b

ecau

se n

eith

er o

ne

no

r th

e o

ther

wo

uld

sel

l th

eir

swea

ters

,

no

r w

ou

ld t

hey

rec

eiv

e p

aym

ent

for

thei

r w

ork

. B

ut,

if

we

assu

med

th

at

thes

e w

omen

kni

tted

sw

eate

rs f

or th

e ot

her

wom

an’s

hus

band

and

sol

d th

ese

swea

ters

, th

en,

in

that

ca

se

it

wou

ld

turn

o

ut

that

b

oth

w

om

en

wo

rked

bec

ause

th

ey w

ere

pai

d f

or

thei

r ac

tiv

itie

s. T

hu

s, a

lth

ou

gh

th

ere

wer

e tw

o

pro

du

ced

sw

eate

rs i

n b

oth

cas

es,

in t

he

firs

t ca

se i

t is

no

t p

oss

ible

to

tal

k

abo

ut

the

wo

rk,

and

in

th

e se

con

d i

t is

. A

fter

all

, if

we

acce

pt

the

def

init

ion

that

wo

rk i

s a

pai

d a

ctiv

ity

, th

en t

hat

wo

uld

mea

n t

hat

bef

ore

mo

vin

g t

o t

he

com

mo

dit

y-m

on

etar

y e

con

om

y p

eop

le d

id n

ot

wo

rk a

t al

l.

Wo

rk i

s al

so d

efin

ed a

s an

act

ivit

y c

on

trar

y t

o l

eisu

re t

ime.

3

So,

when

we

per

form

an a

ctiv

ity t

hat

giv

es u

s ple

asure

by i

tsel

f, t

hen

we

do

no

t w

ork

, an

d w

hen

we

per

form

an

act

ivit

y t

hat

bri

ng

s u

s b

enef

its,

then

w

e d

o

wo

rk.

Ho

wev

er,

even

th

is

def

init

ion

is

n

ot

bet

ter

than

th

e

3 I

bid

., p

. 8.

12

6

reco

rds

of

all

case

s o

f h

aras

smen

t, t

her

efo

re w

rite

wh

o,

wh

at,

wh

ere,

when

an

d

how

(a

nd

poss

ibly

w

hy)

one

has

bee

n

har

asse

d.

It

is

par

ticu

larl

y i

mp

ort

ant

to c

oll

ect

evid

ence

an

d w

itn

esse

s to

be

able

to

init

iate

leg

al a

ctio

n i

n t

he

even

t th

at t

he

com

pan

y f

ails

to t

ake

the

nec

essa

ry m

easu

res

to s

top

sex

ual

har

assm

ent.

Prof

it an

d bu

sine

ss e

thic

s

In th

e p

rev

iou

s an

aly

sis,

th

ere

are

bas

ic ru

les

of

pro

fess

ion

al an

d

bu

sin

ess

eth

ics.

Ho

wev

er,

bu

sin

ess

has

nev

er b

een

bas

ed s

ole

ly o

n e

thic

al

jud

gm

ents

. T

he

pri

mar

y m

oti

ve

of

ever

y e

mp

loy

er i

s al

way

s a

pro

fit.

Th

us

the

qu

esti

on

ari

ses:

wh

at t

o d

o i

f so

meo

ne

has

to

ch

oo

se b

etw

een

lu

crat

ive

earn

ings

- w

hic

h c

an b

e ac

hie

ved

by

dis

resp

ecti

ng

bu

sin

ess

eth

ics

- an

d

eth

ical

bu

sin

ess,

wh

ich

in

a c

erta

in s

itu

atio

n w

ill

no

t re

sult

in

a l

ucr

ativ

e

pro

fit?

Nei

ther

eco

no

mis

ts n

or

theo

rist

s o

f b

usi

nes

s et

hic

s hav

e a

uniq

ue

answ

er t

o t

he

qu

esti

on

. N

ob

el p

rize

-win

nin

g e

con

om

ist

Mil

ton

Fri

edm

an

arg

ues

th

at m

anag

ers

sho

uld

tak

e o

nly

th

e lo

gic

of

pro

fit.

An

d t

he

titl

e o

f h

is

fam

ou

s ar

ticl

e -

Th

e S

oci

al R

esp

on

sib

ilit

y o

f B

usi

nes

s is

to

In

crea

se i

ts

Pro

fits

- p

rese

nts

his

bas

ic a

rgu

men

t.44 W

hy

sh

ou

ld m

anag

ers,

as

agen

ts o

f

the

ow

ner

's c

om

pan

y,

care

on

ly a

bo

ut

pro

fit?

Fri

edm

an e

xp

lain

s th

is b

y t

he

fact

th

at t

he

com

pan

y o

wn

ers

inv

est

thei

r ow

n m

oney

, an

d i

s th

eref

ore

in

thei

r in

tere

st t

o m

ake

as m

uch

pro

fit

fro

m t

he

inv

estm

ent.

In

dee

d,

imag

ine

that

yo

u h

ave

sold

yo

ur

ow

n h

om

e an

d i

nv

est

it i

n a

co

nst

ruct

ion

fir

m.

44 F

ried

man

, M

ilto

n,

20

00

, Th

e So

cial

Res

pons

ibili

ty o

f Bus

ines

s is t

o In

crea

se it

s Pr

ofits

, in

Die

nh

art,

Jo

hn

W.,

Bus

ines

s, In

stitu

tions

and

Eth

ics:

A T

ext w

ith C

ases

and

Re

adin

gs, O

xfo

rd U

niv

ersi

ty P

ress

, O

xfo

rd, pp.

233

-7.

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125

Wha

t sho

uld

vict

ims o

f sex

ual h

aras

smen

t do?

It

is

reco

mm

end

ed

that

p

erso

ns

wh

o

bel

iev

e th

at

they

h

ave

bee

n

sex

ual

ly h

aras

sed

(ap

pli

es t

o a

ll t

he

vic

tim

s o

f h

aras

smen

t, r

egar

dle

ss o

f

wh

ich

ty

pe

of

acti

vit

y

was

inv

olv

ed,

incl

ud

ing

b

oth

m

ale

and

fe

mal

e

stu

den

ts),

sh

ou

ld p

roce

ed a

s fo

llo

ws:

1.

Ver

bal

ly i

nfo

rm t

he

per

son

th

at h

as b

een

dis

turb

ing

yo

u,

that

yo

u d

o

no

t w

ant

to b

e d

istu

rbed

in

th

is w

ay a

ny

lo

ng

er.

2.

If t

he

har

assm

ent

con

tin

ues

, w

rite

a f

orm

al l

ette

r to

th

e p

erso

n w

ho

has

bee

n h

aras

sin

g y

ou

. In

a l

ette

r sp

ecif

y t

he

case

s in

whic

h y

ou h

ave

bee

n h

aras

sed

, in

dic

ate

that

yo

u h

ave

bee

n o

ffen

ded

by

su

ch b

ehav

ior

and

th

at

fro

m

no

w

on

y

ou

w

ant

to

hav

e so

lely

p

rofe

ssio

nal

rela

tio

nsh

ip.

Ret

ain

a c

op

y o

f th

e le

tter

fo

r y

ou

rsel

f an

d y

ou

mu

st s

tate

the

dat

e w

hen

th

e le

tter

was

sen

t. I

t is

rec

om

men

ded

th

at a

t th

e ti

me

of

han

din

g

the

lett

er

to

that

p

erso

n

ther

e sh

ould

be

anoth

er

per

son

pre

sent

who c

an l

ater

confi

rm t

hat

yo

u h

ave

del

iver

ed t

he

lett

er.

3.

If t

he

har

assm

ent

do

es n

ot

stop e

ven

then

, both

ora

lly a

nd i

n w

riti

ng,

no

tify

th

e p

erso

n w

ho

is

sup

erio

r to

th

e p

erso

n w

ho

dis

turb

s y

ou

. A

pre

sid

ent

of

the

Fac

ult

y E

thic

s C

om

mit

tee

and

a D

ean

are

co

mp

eten

t

for

such

cas

es a

t F

acu

lty

of

Civ

il E

ng

inee

rin

g i

n Z

agre

b.

4.

If t

he

har

assm

ent

con

tin

ues

ev

en a

fter

th

at g

et h

elp

fro

m o

uts

ide

the

com

pan

y

wh

ere

yo

u

are

emp

loy

ed,

pri

mar

ily

as

k

for

hel

p

of

the

pro

secu

tors

to

ev

entu

ally

su

e th

e em

plo

yee

an

d th

e co

mp

any

th

at

tole

rate

s su

ch

beh

avio

r.

Stu

den

ts

(mal

e o

r fe

mal

e)

can

as

k

for

assi

stan

ce a

nd

may

co

nta

ct t

he

Eth

ics

Co

mm

itte

e o

f th

e U

niv

ersi

ty o

f

Zag

reb

. It

is

imp

ort

ant

to n

ote

th

at t

he

har

asse

d p

erso

n s

ho

uld

kee

p

8

pre

vio

us

on

es.

Fir

stly

, w

hen

Ro

nal

do

sco

res

a g

oal

fo

r R

eal

Mad

rid

, h

e is

gen

ero

usl

y p

aid

, b

ut

he,

mo

st l

ikel

y,

enjo

ys

pla

yin

g s

occ

er.

Sec

on

dly

, ly

ing

in b

ed w

ith t

he

flu d

oes

not

repre

sent

work

, an

d y

et w

e w

ould

rat

her

be

at

wo

rk t

han

to

su

ffer

fro

m t

he

con

seq

uen

ces

of

the

dis

ease

. F

rom

all

th

is w

e

can

co

ncl

ud

e th

at i

t is

no

t ea

sy t

o d

efin

e w

ork

. N

o w

on

der

th

en,

that

Kei

th

Gri

nt

(2005.)

co

ncl

udes

th

at

"an

obje

ctiv

e d

efin

itio

n

of

wo

rk

is

no

t

po

ssib

le."

4

How

ever

, it

is

dif

ficu

lt t

o a

gre

e w

ith

his

sta

tem

ent.

As

the

exis

tin

g

def

init

ion

s in

th

e li

tera

ture

are

no

t sa

tisf

acto

ry,

we

wil

l o

ffer

an

alt

ern

ativ

e

def

init

ion

: w

ork

is

the

pro

cess

of

crea

tin

g u

sefu

l p

rod

uct

s an

d s

erv

ices

. T

his

def

init

ion

in

clu

des

an

y u

sefu

l w

ork

, an

d c

ann

ot

be

red

uce

d s

ole

ly t

o t

he

pai

d

acti

vit

y. In

th

e en

d,

it i

s im

po

rtan

t to

men

tio

n t

he

bas

ic e

lem

ents

of

wo

rk

pro

cess

, n

amel

y:

1.

Wo

rker

s;

2.

Wo

rk o

bje

cts

(th

ose

bei

ng

pro

cess

ed),

may

be

nat

ura

l m

ater

ials

(e.

g.

wo

od

, st

on

e, i

ron

, o

re)

or

raw

mat

eria

ls;

3.

Mea

ns

for

wo

rk (

wit

h t

hem

wo

rk o

bje

cts

are

bei

ng

pro

cess

ed -

to

ols

,

mac

hin

es).

4 I

bid

., p

. 8.

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9

Soci

olog

y of

Wor

k

In o

rder

to

def

ine

soci

olo

gy

of

wo

rk,

it i

s n

eces

sary

- a

fter

we

def

ined

wo

rk –

to

def

ine

soci

olo

gy

. T

her

e is

no

maj

or

con

tro

ver

sy a

bo

ut

def

inin

g

this

ter

m a

mong s

cien

tist

s. T

he

sim

ple

st d

efin

itio

n i

s th

at s

oci

olo

gy

is

a

scie

nce

o

f h

um

an

soci

ety

. O

ther

d

efin

itio

ns

dif

fer

on

ly

a li

ttle

. S

o,

for

exam

ple

, D

ina

Ken

dal

l d

efin

es s

oci

olo

gy

as

"a s

yst

emat

ic s

tud

y o

f h

um

an

soci

ety

an

d s

oci

al i

nte

ract

ion

." 5

Alo

ng

wit

h g

ener

al s

oci

olo

gy

th

at d

eals

wit

h

soci

ety

in

g

ener

al,

ther

e ar

e al

so

spec

ial

soci

olo

gie

s th

at

exam

ine

var

iou

s se

gm

ents

o

f so

ciet

y su

ch as

, fo

r ex

amp

le,

soci

olo

gy

o

f re

lig

ion

,

soci

olo

gy

of

the

vil

lag

e, s

oci

olo

gy

of

pro

fess

ion

s, s

oci

olo

gy

of

cult

ure

, et

c.

Th

eref

ore

, so

cio

log

y o

f w

ork

is

a sp

ecia

l so

cio

log

y a

nd

can

be

def

ined

as

the

bra

nch

o

f so

cio

log

y

that

st

ud

ies

soci

al

asp

ects

o

f w

ork

.5

Ever

y s

cien

ce a

nd s

cien

tifi

c dis

cipli

ne,

in

clu

din

g s

oci

olo

gy

of

wo

rk,

has

its

ow

n

sub

ject

s an

d

rese

arch

m

eth

od

s.

Th

e m

ain

su

bje

cts

of

rese

arch

in

soci

olo

gy

of

wo

rk a

re t

he

foll

ow

ing

:

1.

Dev

elo

pm

ent

of

tech

niq

ues

an

d

tech

no

log

ies,

es

pec

iall

y

adv

ance

d

tech

no

log

y

(fo

r ex

amp

le,

a st

ud

y

of

the

evo

luti

on

o

f in

form

atio

n

tech

no

log

y a

nd

its

ap

pli

cati

on

s in

th

e w

ork

pro

cess

);

2.

So

cial

gro

up

s an

d s

oci

al p

roce

sses

th

at t

ake

pla

ce d

uri

ng

wo

rk (

for

exam

ple

, a

stu

dy

of

inte

rper

son

al r

elat

ion

s at

th

e w

ork

pla

ce);

6

5 H

alad

in,

Stj

epan

, 1993., T

ehnolo

gij

a i

org

aniz

acij

a: u

vod u

soci

olo

gij

u r

ada

i or

gani

zaci

je, D

rušt

vo z

a or

gani

zaci

ju g

rađe

nja,

Zag

reb,

p. 8

. 6 R

aw m

ater

ials

are

ite

ms

that

are

the

resu

lt o

f ea

rlie

r m

anufa

cturi

ng p

roce

sses

an

d a

re u

sed f

or

furt

her

pro

cess

ing a

nd a

dm

inis

trat

ion (

e.g., c

ast

iron).

Tec

hnolo

gy i

s a

set

of

pro

cedure

s th

at ar

e ap

pli

ed in

th

e m

anu

fact

ure

o

f a

pro

du

ct.

So

, co

nst

ruct

ion

te

chnolo

gy i

ncl

udes

pro

cess

es u

sed i

n t

he

const

ruct

ion.

12

4

sub

ject

ivit

y o

f te

ach

er's

gra

din

g.

It i

s im

po

rtan

t to

em

ph

asiz

e th

at,

alth

ou

gh

this

rel

atio

nsh

ip i

s n

ot

pro

hib

ited

, th

e te

ach

er s

ho

uld

co

mp

lete

ly a

vo

id t

he

sed

uct

ion

o

f a

stu

den

t, b

ecau

se th

e st

ud

ents

, ri

gh

tly

, m

ay p

erce

ive

such

atte

mp

ts

as

sex

ual

h

aras

smen

t.

Sim

ply

p

ut,

if

su

ch

a re

lati

on

ship

d

oes

hap

pen

, it

mu

st f

irst

be

a co

nse

qu

ence

of

the

stu

den

t's i

nit

iati

ve

rath

er t

han

teac

her

's.

Of

cou

rse,

if

the

stu

den

t w

ants

a r

elat

ion

ship

bec

ause

th

e st

ud

ent

expec

ts

a so

met

hin

g

in

retu

rn,

then

th

ere

is

also

a

har

sh

vio

lati

on

o

f

pro

fess

ion

al

eth

ics.

T

hes

e p

roce

du

res

app

ly

on

ly

to

case

s in

w

hic

h

a

rom

anti

c o

r se

xu

al r

elat

ion

ship

der

ived

on

th

e b

asis

of

mu

tual

co

nse

nt.

If

a

pro

fess

or

bla

ckm

ails

a s

tud

ent,

it

is t

hen

a s

erio

us

bre

ach

of

pro

fess

ion

al

eth

ics,

wh

ich

is

clea

rly

sta

ted

in

th

e C

od

e o

f th

e U

niv

ersi

ty o

f Z

agre

b i

n

Art

icle

12

(3

):

Sex

ual

har

assm

ent

is a

form

of

har

assm

ent

that

is

char

acte

rize

d

by

th

e la

ck

of

acce

pta

nce

o

r re

ject

ion

of

the

oth

er

per

son,

and

it

inv

olv

es r

epea

ted

sen

din

g o

f u

nw

ante

d v

erb

al a

nd

ph

ysi

cal

sug

ges

tio

ns

of

a se

xu

al

nat

ure

to

an

oth

er

per

son

, p

hy

sica

l as

sau

lt,

rep

eate

d

dis

clo

sure

of

un

wan

ted

jo

kes

an

d r

emar

ks

that

are

sex

ual

ly c

olo

red

, in

clu

din

g r

efer

ence

s to

sex

an

d s

exual

ori

enta

tio

n,

der

isio

n a

nd

rid

icu

le,

whic

h

is

a se

xual

ly

colo

red,

dis

pla

y

of

sex

ual

ly

off

ensi

ve

and

d

istu

rbin

g m

ater

ial,

req

ues

tin

g s

exu

al f

avo

rs i

n e

xch

ang

e fo

r a

spec

ific

ac

t o

r fa

ilu

re f

rom

po

siti

on

s o

f au

tho

rity

. It

is

im

po

rtan

t to

n

ote

th

at

the

atte

mp

ted

ex

tort

ion

o

f se

xu

al

inte

rco

urs

e o

n t

he

bas

is o

f th

reat

enin

g (

for

exam

ple

, y

ou

wil

l n

ot

pas

s th

e

exam

) m

ay

be

pu

nis

hab

le

by

la

w

bec

ause

th

e C

roat

ian

C

rim

inal

C

od

e

(Art

icle

19

1 (

1))

sta

tes

that

fo

rcin

g s

exu

al i

nte

rco

urs

e b

y a

bu

sin

g a

n o

ffic

ial

po

siti

on

is

a cr

imin

al o

ffen

se f

or

wh

ich

on

e co

uld

be

sen

ten

ced

up

to

th

ree

yea

rs i

n p

riso

n.

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11.

Som

e is

sues

in b

usin

ess e

thic

s

Sexu

al h

aras

smen

t

It

is

no

t al

way

s ea

sy

to

def

ine

wh

at

sex

ual

h

aras

smen

t is

. F

or

exam

ple

, so

me

ow

ner

s o

f re

stau

ran

ts

and

b

ars

req

uir

e w

aitr

esse

s to

b

e

dre

ssed

pro

vo

cati

vel

y i

n o

rder

to

att

ract

gu

ests

. Is

su

ch a

req

uir

emen

t a

form

of

sex

ual

h

aras

smen

t o

f an

em

plo

yee

? C

an

som

e co

mp

lim

ents

to

an

emplo

yee

, re

ferr

ing

to

the

par

ts

of

her

b

od

y,

be

con

sid

ered

as

se

xu

al

har

assm

ent?

Is

te

llin

g

dis

tast

efu

l jo

kes

w

ith

se

xu

al

con

ten

t se

xu

al

har

assm

ent?

S

om

e of

thes

e is

sues

do

n

ot

hav

e so

lid

an

d

un

amb

igu

ou

s

answ

ers.

A

dd

itio

nal

ly,

var

iou

s so

ciet

ies

per

ceiv

e th

e co

nce

pt

of

sex

ual

har

assm

ent

dif

fere

ntl

y.

For

exam

ple

, u

niv

ersi

ties

in

th

e U

.S.

hav

e a

ver

y

rest

rict

ive

po

licy

reg

ard

ing

th

e p

oss

ible

rel

atio

nsh

ip b

etw

een

a t

each

er a

nd

a

stu

den

t.43 A

gen

eral

rec

om

men

dat

ion

in

th

e U

.S.

is t

hat

su

ch r

elat

ion

ship

s

mu

st b

e av

oid

ed a

t al

l co

sts.

In

co

ntr

ast,

th

e U

niv

ersi

ty o

f Z

agre

b h

as a

mo

re

lib

eral

ap

pro

ach

. T

he

Co

de

of

Eth

ics

of

the

Un

iver

sity

of

Zag

reb

in

Art

icle

12

(4)

stat

es

that

"t

he

volu

nta

ry

nat

ure

o

f se

xu

al

rela

tio

nsh

ips

bet

wee

n

mem

ber

s o

f th

e ac

adem

ic c

om

mu

nit

y i

s not

consi

der

ed a

s har

assm

ent

and i

s

con

sid

ered

as

th

e ar

ea

of

pri

vac

y."

H

ow

ever

, in

th

e ev

ent

of

such

a

rela

tio

nsh

ip,

a p

rofe

sso

r sh

ou

ld n

oti

fy t

he

dea

n s

o t

hat

an

oth

er p

rofe

sso

r

exam

ines

th

e st

ud

ent

inv

olv

ed.

Th

is

is

do

ne

in

ord

er

to

avo

id

any

43 S

ee,

for

exam

ple

, th

e R

ule

s o

n s

exu

al h

aras

smen

t an

d v

olu

nta

ry s

exual

and

rom

anti

c re

lati

onsh

ips,

S

tanfo

rd

Univ

ersi

ty,

whic

h

is

avai

lable

on

the

web

site

h

ttp

://a

dm

ing

uid

e.st

anfo

rd.e

du

/23

_2

.pd

f

10

3.

Th

e im

pac

t o

f w

ork

o

n

fun

ctio

nin

g

of

the

wh

ole

so

ciet

y

and

th

e

imp

act

of

soci

ety

o

n w

ork

(f

or

ex.,

to

w

hic

h ex

ten

t co

nte

mp

ora

ry

lab

or

mig

rati

on

aff

ects

cu

ltu

re i

n a

so

ciet

y,

and v

ice

ver

sa,

to w

hic

h

exte

nt

the

gro

win

g d

iffe

ren

ces

of

soci

ety

aff

ect

wo

rk).

7

So

cio

log

y o

f w

ork

use

s th

e sa

me

rese

arch

met

ho

ds

that

can

als

o b

e

fou

nd

in

o

ther

so

cial

sc

ien

ces.

T

he

mo

st

imp

ort

ant

of

wh

ich

ar

e th

e

foll

ow

ing

:

1.

Ex

per

imen

t.

We

can

sa

y

that

th

e ex

per

imen

t is

th

e m

ost

re

liab

le

met

ho

d o

f p

roo

f in

sci

ence

bec

ause

it

allo

ws

con

tro

l o

f th

e co

nd

itio

ns

and

is

ola

tes

the

ph

eno

men

on

th

at

we

wis

h

to

exp

lore

. T

hu

s,

the

exp

erim

ent

is o

ften

use

d i

n s

oci

olo

gy

of

wo

rk,

wh

ich

wil

l b

e sh

ow

n i

n

the

foll

ow

ing

ch

apte

rs.

In t

he

clas

sic

typ

e o

f ex

per

imen

t tw

o g

rou

ps

are

form

ed,

an e

xp

erim

enta

l g

rou

p a

nd

a c

on

tro

l g

rou

p.

Co

nd

itio

ns

in

the

exp

erim

enta

l g

rou

p c

han

ge,

wh

ile

con

dit

ion

s in

th

e co

ntr

ol

gro

up

stay

th

e sa

me,

an

d t

hen

lat

er,

the

test

res

ult

s o

f th

e tw

o g

rou

ps

are

com

par

ed.

2.

Ob

serv

atio

n.

Th

e b

igg

est

adv

anta

ge

of

an e

xp

erim

ent

- co

ntr

ol

of

the

con

dit

ion

s -

has

its

do

wn

sid

e. I

t d

oes

no

t nec

essa

rily

mea

n t

hat

peo

ple

wil

l b

ehav

e in

a r

eal

situ

atio

n i

n t

he

sam

e w

ay a

s in

th

e ex

per

imen

tal

con

dit

ion

s. T

her

efo

re,

the

rese

arch

ers

use

ob

serv

atio

n a

s a

rese

arch

met

ho

d.

Du

rin

g t

he

ob

serv

atio

n t

hey

rec

ord

rea

ctio

ns

of

emp

loy

ees

in

real

wo

rkin

g c

on

dit

ion

s.

3.

Ob

serv

atio

n

wit

h

par

tici

pat

ion

. It

is

p

oss

ible

th

at

du

rin

g

the

ob

serv

atio

n,

the

emp

loy

ees

do

n

ot

reac

t in

th

e sa

me

way

as

th

ey

wo

uld

rea

ct i

f th

ey k

new

th

at t

hey

wer

e b

ein

g o

bse

rved

. T

her

efo

re,

som

e re

sear

cher

s o

bse

rve

un

der

co

ver

wh

ile

they

par

tici

pat

e at

wo

rk

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pro

cess

. A

n e

xam

ple

of

such

a s

tud

y w

ou

ld b

e a

scie

nti

st w

ho

wo

rked

as

a co

nst

ruct

ion

w

ork

er,

and

at

th

e sa

me

tim

e h

e o

bse

rved

spo

nta

neo

us

beh

avio

r o

f em

plo

yee

s.

4.

Su

rvey

. A

su

rvey

is

a m

eth

od

of

scie

nti

fic

rese

arch

wh

ich

, o

n t

he

bas

is o

f st

and

ard

ized

qu

esti

on

s, e

xam

ines

att

itu

des

, b

elie

fs o

r o

pin

ion

s

of

emp

loy

ees.

T

he

surv

ey

can

o

bta

in

ver

y

imp

ort

ant

dat

a o

n

inte

rper

son

al

rela

tio

nsh

ips

at

the

wo

rkp

lace

, sa

tisf

acti

on

o

f

emp

loy

ees,

a

po

ten

tial

so

urc

e o

f co

nfl

ict

bet

wee

n

wo

rker

s,

etc.

Th

eref

ore

, su

rvey

s ar

e n

ot

on

ly u

sed

by

sci

enti

sts

bu

t al

so b

y m

any

com

pan

ies

that

see

k t

o u

se q

ues

tio

nn

aire

s to

gat

her

as

mu

ch u

sefu

l

info

rmat

ion

on

th

e si

tuat

ion

in t

he

com

pan

y a

s th

ey c

an.

5.

Inte

rvie

w.

Un

lik

e co

nv

enti

on

al

surv

ey,

in

wh

ich

in

form

atio

n

are

ob

tain

ed o

n t

he

bas

is o

f w

ritt

en r

esp

on

ses

of

pre

def

ined

qu

esti

on

s,

du

rin

g in

terv

iew

s a

rese

arch

er g

ets

ora

l re

spo

nse

s o

n th

e b

asis

o

f

con

ver

sati

on

s w

ith

res

po

nd

ents

. T

he

adv

anta

ge

of

inte

rvie

w i

s th

at i

t

allo

ws

resp

on

den

ts t

o e

xp

ress

th

emse

lves

more

cle

arly

about

som

e

issu

es,

sin

ce i

n s

urv

eys

mo

st e

mp

loy

ees

hav

e to

cho

ose

bet

wee

n t

he

pro

po

sed

an

swer

s (a

lth

ou

gh

in

th

e so

-cal

led

'o

pen

ty

pe'

of

a su

rvey

resp

on

den

ts a

re a

llo

wed

to

fo

rmu

late

a r

esp

on

se o

n t

hei

r o

wn

). I

n

oth

er w

ord

s, t

he

inte

rvie

ws

can

get

a w

ider

ran

ge

of

info

rmat

ion

th

an

a su

rvey

. H

ow

ever

, th

e g

reat

est

adv

anta

ge

of

surv

eys

lies

in

th

e fa

ct

that

it

is a

mu

ch f

aste

r an

d c

hea

per

way

to

do

th

e re

sear

ch i

n a

sh

ort

er

per

iod

o

f ti

me

and

it

co

ver

s a

larg

e n

um

ber

o

f re

spo

nd

ents

. In

add

itio

n,

the

surv

ey

is

stat

isti

call

y

easi

er

to

pro

cess

b

ecau

se

of

stan

dar

diz

ed a

nsw

ers.

12

2

Exa

mpl

es o

f exa

m q

uest

ions

1.

Wh

at i

s p

rofe

ssio

nal

eth

ics?

2.

Wh

at i

s th

e p

un

ish

men

t fo

r v

iola

tin

g t

he

un

wri

tten

eth

ical

ru

les?

3.

Wh

at a

re t

he

bas

ic e

lem

ents

of

pro

fess

ion

al e

thic

s?

4.

Wh

at s

ho

uld

a p

rofe

ssio

nal

rel

atio

nsh

ip w

ith

cli

ents

be

bas

ed o

n?

5.

Wh

at s

ho

uld

a p

rofe

ssio

nal

rel

atio

nsh

ip w

ith

co

llea

gu

es b

e b

ased

on

?

6.

Wh

at i

s b

usi

nes

s et

hic

s?

7.

Wh

at a

re t

he

sou

rces

of

bu

sin

ess

eth

ics?

8.

What

is

the

"pri

soner

's d

ilem

ma"

an

d w

hat

is

its

sig

nif

ican

ce f

or

the

anal

ysi

s o

f b

usi

nes

s et

hic

s?

9.

Wh

at a

re t

he

po

ssib

le b

enef

its

of

eth

ical

bu

sin

ess?

10

. W

hat

are

th

e tr

ansa

ctio

n c

ost

s an

d h

ow

do

es b

usi

nes

s et

hic

s af

fect

thei

r re

du

ctio

n?

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Sum

mar

y

1.

Pro

fess

ion

al et

hic

s is

a

set

of

rule

s o

f co

nd

uct

fo

r m

emb

ers

of

a

par

ticu

lar

pro

fess

ion

. It

co

nsi

sts

of

wri

tten

an

d

un

wri

tten

ru

les

of

beh

avio

r.

2.

Pro

fess

ion

al et

hic

s is

a

set

of

rule

s o

f co

nd

uct

fo

r m

emb

ers

of

a

par

ticu

lar

pro

fess

ion

. It

co

nsi

sts

of

wri

tten

an

d

un

wri

tten

ru

les

of

beh

avio

r.

3.

Pro

fess

ion

al

eth

ics

con

sist

s o

f ru

les

of

con

du

ct

tow

ard

s cl

ien

ts,

coll

eag

ues

, an

d r

ule

s ab

ou

t co

mp

lian

ce i

n t

he

pro

fess

ion

.

4.

Co

mm

un

icat

ion

w

ith

cl

ien

ts

sho

uld

b

e b

ased

o

n

an

emo

tio

nal

neu

tral

ity

, al

tru

ism

, re

ject

ion

of

bri

ber

y a

nd

co

rru

pti

on

.

5.

Att

itu

de

tow

ard

s co

llea

gu

es s

ho

uld

be

bas

ed o

n e

qu

alit

y,

sup

po

rt a

nd

shar

ing

of

kn

ow

led

ge.

6.

The

most

im

port

ant

thin

g i

n t

he

pro

fess

ional

eth

ics

is c

om

pli

ance

wit

h

rule

s,

and

co

nsu

mer

p

rote

ctio

n,

and

af

ter

that

co

lleg

iali

ty

amo

ng

pro

fess

ion

als.

7.

Busi

nes

s et

hic

s is

a s

et o

f bel

iefs

an

d n

orm

s w

hic

h d

eter

min

e w

hat

is

mo

ral

and

wh

at i

s im

mora

l b

usi

nes

s.

8.

Bu

sin

ess

eth

ics

is b

ased

on

so

cial

, p

rofe

ssio

nal

an

d i

nd

ivid

ual

eth

ics.

9.

Eth

ical

b

ehav

ior

is

ben

efic

ial

bec

ause

it

in

crea

ses

the

ov

eral

l

effi

cien

cy

of

the

com

pan

y,

red

uce

s tr

ansa

ctio

n

cost

s,

impro

ves

rep

uta

tio

n,

giv

es r

epu

tati

on

an

d c

ause

s a

sen

se o

f sa

tisf

acti

on

.

10

. A

do

pti

on

an

d e

nfo

rcem

ent

of

law

s th

at p

un

ish

im

mo

ral

beh

avio

r is

a

pre

req

uis

ite

for

com

pli

ance

wit

h b

usi

nes

s et

hic

s.

12

6.

Sec

on

dar

y a

nal

ysi

s o

f ex

isti

ng

dat

a. T

he

rese

arch

er d

oes

no

t al

way

s

gat

her

dat

a by him

self

. T

her

e is

al

way

s a

po

ssib

ilit

y o

f ad

dit

ion

al

anal

ysi

s o

f d

ata

wh

ich

hav

e al

read

y b

een

gat

her

ed.

Th

us,

fo

r ex

amp

le,

it i

s poss

ible

to c

arry

out

a re

sear

ch o

n t

he

num

ber

of

labor

forc

e an

d

skil

led

lab

or

forc

e in

th

e co

nst

ruct

ion

in

du

stry

on

th

e b

asis

of

dat

a th

at

are

reg

ula

rly

co

llec

ted

by

th

e C

roat

ian

Cen

tral

Bu

reau

of

Sta

tist

ics.

Eac

h

of

thes

e m

eth

od

s h

as

its

adv

anta

ges

an

d

dis

adv

anta

ges

.

Th

eref

ore

, th

e b

est

way

to

do

res

earc

h i

s th

e o

ne

that

co

mb

ines

var

iou

s

met

ho

ds

of

dat

a co

llec

tio

n i

n o

rder

to

min

imiz

e w

eak

nes

ses

of

on

e m

eth

od

by

u

sin

g

add

itio

nal

m

eth

od

s.

Th

us,

fo

r ex

amp

le,

the

stu

dy

, w

hic

h

use

s

inte

rvie

ws

and

su

rvey

s, co

uld

an

aly

ze th

e o

pin

ion

o

f a

larg

e n

um

ber

o

f

emp

loy

ees

and

th

en,

late

r co

mp

lem

ent

thes

e 'a

rid

' re

spo

nse

s w

ith

far

mo

re

sub

stan

tial

an

swer

s th

at c

ou

ld b

e g

ath

ered

fro

m t

he

inte

rvie

ws

of

a sm

all

nu

mb

er o

f p

rop

erly

sel

ecte

d e

mp

loy

ees.

Is i

t n

eces

sary

fo

r st

ud

ents

at

the

Fac

ult

y o

f C

ivil

En

gin

eeri

ng

to

hav

e

a co

urs

e ca

lled

So

cio

log

y o

f W

ork

an

d P

rofe

ssio

nal

Eth

ics?

Her

e o

nly

th

e

mo

st i

mp

ort

ant

arg

um

ents

in

fav

or

of

a co

urs

e ca

lled

So

cio

log

y o

f W

ork

an

d

Pro

fess

ion

al E

thic

s w

ill

be

pre

sen

ted

:

1.

A

ver

y

imp

ort

ant

par

t o

f th

e w

ork

o

f ci

vil

en

gin

eers

co

nsi

sts

of

wo

rkin

g

wit

h

peo

ple

. A

fter

al

l,

on

e o

f th

e ch

arac

teri

stic

s o

f

con

stru

ctio

n i

s em

plo

ym

ent

of

a la

rge

nu

mb

er o

f la

bo

rers

, b

ecau

se

con

stru

ctio

n b

elo

ng

s to

th

e ca

teg

ory

of

lab

or-

inte

nsi

ve

acti

vit

y.

Oth

er

cou

rses

at

this

fac

ult

y t

rain

fu

ture

civ

il e

ng

inee

rs h

ow

to

ch

oo

se a

nd

use

ap

pro

pri

ate

mat

eria

ls i

n t

he

con

stru

ctio

n,

and

th

ey a

lso

tea

ch t

hem

to

dev

elo

p

qu

alit

y

bu

ild

ing

p

lan

s,

etc.

S

oci

olo

gy

o

f W

ork

an

d

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Pro

fess

ion

al E

thic

s te

ach

es t

hem

to

man

age

peo

ple

an

d d

evel

op

go

od

rela

tio

nsh

ips

at t

he

wo

rkp

lace

, an

d a

ll o

f th

is c

om

bin

ed h

as a

po

siti

ve

effe

ct o

n p

rod

uct

ivit

y.

2.

Res

pec

t o

f p

rofe

ssio

nal

an

d b

usi

nes

s et

hic

s is

an

ess

enti

al e

lem

ent

of

bu

ild

ing

a l

on

g-t

erm

bu

sin

ess

succ

ess

of

com

pan

ies.

All

hig

h-q

ual

ity

bu

sin

ess

sch

oo

ls

hav

e b

usi

nes

s et

hic

s co

urs

e in

th

eir

curr

icu

lum

.

Th

eref

ore

, th

is c

ou

rse

pro

vid

es a

bas

ic k

no

wle

dg

e in

th

is a

rea,

wh

ich

wil

l b

e an

im

po

rtan

t el

emen

t o

f w

ork

of

the

futu

re c

ivil

en

gin

eers

.

3.

In p

ract

ice,

it

has

bee

n p

roven

th

at t

he

fun

dam

enta

l k

no

wle

dg

e in

th

e

soci

al s

cien

ces,

esp

ecia

lly

of

app

lied

sci

ence

s, h

as a

po

siti

ve

imp

act

on

th

e w

ork

ing

eff

icie

ncy

of

the

mem

ber

s of

the

tech

nic

al i

nte

llig

ence

in g

ener

al,

and

civ

il e

ng

inee

rs i

n p

arti

cula

r. B

ecau

se o

f th

is,

the

mo

st

elit

e F

acu

ltie

s o

f C

ivil

En

gin

eeri

ng

in

th

e w

orl

d i

ncl

ud

e u

p t

o 2

0%

of

cou

rses

fr

om

th

e ar

ea

of

soci

al

scie

nce

s.

At

the

Fac

ult

y

of

Civ

il

En

gin

eeri

ng

in

Zag

reb

, th

is p

erce

nta

ge

is m

uch

lo

wer

, b

ut

stil

l th

e

exis

tin

g c

ou

rse

in t

he

soci

al s

cien

ce e

nab

les

stu

den

ts t

o a

cqu

ire

bas

ic

kn

ow

led

ge

and

sk

ills

of

this

are

a.

Sum

mar

y

1.

Wo

rk i

s a

pro

cess

of

crea

tin

g u

sefu

l p

rod

uct

s an

d s

erv

ices

.

2.

So

cio

log

y o

f w

ork

is

a sc

ien

ce t

hat

stu

die

s th

e so

cial

asp

ects

of

wo

rk.

3.

Su

bje

cts

of

rese

arch

in

th

e so

cio

log

y o

f w

ork

are

: th

e d

evel

op

men

t o

f

tech

niq

ues

an

d w

ork

tec

hn

olo

gie

s, s

oci

al g

rou

ps

and

pro

cess

es t

hat

occ

ur

du

rin

g

the

wo

rk

acti

vit

y,

and

im

pac

t o

f th

e w

ork

o

n

the

fun

ctio

nin

g o

f th

e w

ho

le s

oci

ety

an

d t

he

infl

uen

ce o

f so

ciet

y o

n w

ork

.

12

0

fun

ctio

nin

g,

bu

t th

at

we

sim

ply

d

id

no

t k

no

w

use

it

p

rop

erly

. S

o,

the

sale

sman

w

ho

re

pla

ces

a p

rod

uct

ac

qu

ires

a

go

od

re

pu

tati

on

an

d

the

ind

ivid

ual

wil

l n

ot

on

ly b

uy

fro

m h

im b

ut

he

wil

l al

so r

ecom

men

d h

im t

o h

is

clo

se f

rien

ds.

In

th

is c

ase,

th

e b

enef

its

of

com

pli

ance

wit

h b

usi

nes

s et

hic

s

wil

l b

e m

utu

al,

bec

ause

b

oth

o

f th

em,

the

bu

yer

an

d th

e se

ller

, w

ill

be

sati

sfie

d.

Th

ere

is a

lso

th

e im

mat

eria

l re

war

d f

or

eth

ical

bu

sin

ess,

an

d i

t is

a

feel

ing

of

sati

sfac

tio

n t

hat

per

vad

es t

he

man

wh

ose

ho

nes

t w

ork

en

able

d h

im

and

his

fam

ily

to

hav

e a

dec

ent

liv

ing

. O

f co

urs

e, e

ven

a t

hie

f ca

n g

et r

ich

,

bu

t n

ever

thel

ess,

h

e is

st

ill

hau

nte

d

by

th

e fe

ar

that

h

is

thie

ver

y

wil

l

even

tual

ly b

e d

isco

ver

ed.

Mo

reo

ver

, it

is

a

qu

ite

dif

fere

nt

feel

ing

w

hen

peo

ple

get

ric

h b

y w

riti

ng

an

d s

elli

ng

th

eir

ow

n q

ual

ity

bo

ok

s, t

han

get

tin

g

enri

ched

fro

m r

ob

ber

y.

Wea

lth

gai

ned

th

rou

gh

ho

nes

t w

ork

cau

ses

a h

igh

er

self

-est

eem

an

d

resp

ect

for

oth

ers,

w

hil

e th

e w

ealt

h

gai

ned

th

rou

gh

dis

gra

cefu

l co

nd

uct

oft

en c

ause

s co

nte

mpt

of

oth

ers,

an

d u

net

hic

al p

erso

n

can

fee

l re

mo

rse.

Ho

wev

er,

it i

s im

po

rtan

t to

no

te t

hat

th

e st

ate

of

law

, w

hic

h p

un

ish

es

vio

lati

on

s o

f th

e la

w,

is

a p

rere

qu

isit

e fo

r th

e d

evel

op

men

t o

f b

usi

nes

s

eth

ics.

If

tho

se w

ho

vio

late

mo

ral

and

leg

al r

ule

s ar

e co

nst

antl

y a

vo

idin

g

pu

nis

hm

ent

then

mo

re a

nd

mo

re p

eople

res

ort

to

un

eth

ical

bu

sin

ess.

In

ev

ery

soci

ety

so

me

crim

inal

s su

ccee

d t

o c

on

ceal

th

e tr

aces

of

thei

r cr

imes

, b

ut

ther

e is

a b

ig d

iffe

ren

ce b

etw

een

a s

oci

ety

in

wh

ich

a s

ucc

ess

of

an u

net

hic

al

ind

ivid

ual

is

an e

xem

pti

on

an

d t

he

soci

ety

in

wh

ich

th

e su

cces

s o

f th

is t

yp

e

hap

pen

s in

a m

ajo

rity

of

thes

e ca

ses.

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riv

er b

ecau

se h

e w

ill

hav

e a

hig

her

pro

fit

than

if

he

inst

alls

ex

pen

siv

e w

aste

wat

er p

uri

fier

in

th

e p

lan

t. H

ow

ever

, th

e w

aste

wat

er c

an c

ause

can

cer

to

peo

ple

wh

o l

ive

alo

ng

th

e ri

ver

. T

her

efo

re,

the

ben

efit

of

the

ind

ivid

ual

, th

at

is t

o s

ay t

he

fact

ory

ow

ner

, is

pai

d w

ith

th

e h

ug

e ex

pen

se o

f th

e co

mm

un

ity

-

dea

th a

nd

ser

iou

s il

lnes

ses.

Th

e si

tuat

ion

bec

om

es u

nb

eara

ble

if

ever

yo

ne

beh

aved

lik

e fa

cto

ry o

wn

er,

wh

o a

lso

may

dev

elo

p c

ance

r b

ecau

se o

ther

pla

nts

may

dis

char

ge

tox

ic g

ases

in

th

e ci

ty w

her

e th

e o

wn

er l

ives

. T

hu

s, t

he

com

mu

nit

y

has

a

lot

mo

re

ov

eral

l b

enef

its

fro

m

eth

ical

b

ehav

ior

than

un

eth

ical

.

Eth

ical

b

ehav

ior

red

uce

s w

hat

is

in

ec

onom

ics

call

ed

tran

sact

ion

cost

s, n

amel

y t

he

cost

s o

f co

ntr

ol.

Fo

r ex

amp

le,

imag

ine

that

in

ou

r o

wn

apar

tmen

t w

e co

nst

antl

y l

ive

in f

ear

that

ou

r h

ou

sem

ates

are

go

ing

to

ro

b u

s

and

we

con

stan

tly

hav

e to

hid

e o

ur

mo

ney

. S

uch

a l

ife

wo

uld

be

a co

nst

ant

sou

rce

of

stre

ss a

nd

fru

stra

tio

n.

So

a q

ual

ity

civ

il e

ng

inee

r w

ill

rath

er w

ork

for

a co

mp

any

wh

ere

the

ow

ner

wil

l n

ever

dep

rive

him

of

his

sal

ary,

or

vac

atio

n o

r tr

eat

him

unet

hic

ally

. T

hus,

the

May

o's

exper

imen

ts h

ave

show

n

that

hu

man

e an

d e

thic

al t

reat

men

t o

f em

plo

yee

s ca

n o

ften

ach

ieve

bet

ter

bu

sin

ess

resu

lts

than

un

eth

ical

co

nd

uct

. W

e w

ou

ld r

ath

er d

o b

usi

nes

s w

ith

a

par

tner

wh

om

we

con

sid

er f

air,

and w

ho w

ill

not

dec

eiv

e u

s, t

han

wit

h a

per

son

wh

o i

s d

ish

on

est.

Th

eref

ore

, ad

her

ence

to

bu

sin

ess

eth

ics

sim

pli

fies

ou

r w

ork

as

wel

l as

fam

ily

eth

ics

(not

stea

ling e

ach o

ther

's m

oney

) m

akes

ou

r li

ves

eas

ier.

Res

pec

t fo

r b

usi

nes

s et

hic

s af

fect

s th

e re

puta

tion.

For

exam

ple

, if

we

bo

ug

ht

a p

rod

uct

wh

ich

bro

ke

do

wn

an

d a

sal

esm

an i

s im

med

iate

ly r

ead

y t

o

rep

lace

th

e p

rod

uct

p

urc

has

ed,

we

wil

l ra

ther

b

uy

p

rod

uct

s fr

om

th

is

sale

sman

th

an f

rom

th

e o

ne

wh

o w

ill

try

to

co

nv

ince

us

that

th

e p

rod

uct

was

14

4.

Th

e m

ost

im

po

rtan

t m

eth

od

s o

f re

sear

ch i

n t

he

soci

olo

gy

of

wo

rk a

re:

exp

erim

ent,

o

bse

rvat

ion

, o

bse

rvat

ion

w

ith

p

arti

cip

atio

n,

surv

eys,

inte

rvie

ws

and

sec

on

dar

y a

nal

ysi

s o

f ex

isti

ng

dat

a.

5.

So

cio

log

y

of

wo

rk

and

p

rofe

ssio

nal

et

hic

s en

able

s fu

ture

ci

vil

eng

inee

rs t

o c

arry

ou

t a

qu

alit

y m

anag

emen

t o

f em

plo

yed

wo

rker

s.

Exa

mpl

es o

f exa

m q

uest

ions

1.

Wh

y i

s it

no

t ac

cep

tab

le t

o d

efin

e w

ork

as

a p

aid

act

ivit

y?

2.

Wh

at i

s w

ork

?

3.

Wh

at i

s so

cio

log

y?

4.

Ex

pla

in

the

dif

fere

nce

b

etw

een

g

ener

al

soci

olo

gy

an

d

spec

ial

soci

olo

gie

s?

5.

Giv

e th

ree

exam

ple

s o

f sp

ecia

l so

cio

log

ies!

6.

Wh

at i

s th

e so

cio

log

y o

f w

ork

?

7.

Wh

at a

re t

he

sub

ject

s o

f re

sear

ch i

n s

oci

olo

gy

of

wo

rk?

8.

Wh

at a

re t

he

met

ho

ds

of

rese

arch

in

so

cio

log

y o

f w

ork

?

9.

Wh

at i

s th

e m

ain

ad

van

tag

e an

d d

isad

van

tag

e o

f u

sin

g t

he

exp

erim

ent

in t

he

so

cial

sci

ence

s?

10

. W

hat

is

the

mea

nin

g o

f th

e so

cial

sci

ence

s in

gen

eral

, an

d S

oci

olo

gy

of

Wo

rk a

nd

Pro

fess

ion

al E

thic

s, e

spec

iall

y i

n t

he

educa

tion o

f ci

vil

eng

inee

rs?

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2. H

isto

ry o

f Wor

k

If

we

assu

me

that

th

e m

an a

pp

eare

d o

n e

arth

...

on

e m

illi

on y

ears

ago a

nd

that

this

tim

e is

red

uce

d t

o t

he

rela

tiv

e d

ura

tio

n o

f o

ne

ho

ur

...

then

th

e m

an s

pen

t ...

55 m

inute

s in

th

e P

aleo

lith

ic c

ult

ure

( t

he

Old

Sto

ne

Ag

e).

5

min

ute

s ag

o h

e en

tere

d t

he

Neo

lith

ic c

ult

ure

... 1

5 s

econds

ago h

e beg

an

to p

rin

t b

oo

ks,

an

d t

he

Fir

st I

nd

ust

rial

Rev

olu

tio

n b

egan

on

ly f

ive

seco

nd

s ag

o.

Th

e p

erio

d i

n w

hic

h a

man

mak

es c

ars

is l

ess

than

... o

ne

seco

nd.

(Ch

. W

alk

er).

P

rep

arat

ion

fo

r th

e le

ctu

re:

Wat

ch t

he

film

by

Ch

arli

e C

hap

lin

's M

od

ern

T

imes

.

Wor

k E

poch

s

His

tory

of

wo

rk c

an b

e d

ivid

ed i

nto

th

ree

per

iod

s:

1.

Ep

och

of

too

ls (

fro

m c

reat

ion

of

a m

an t

ill

the

dis

cov

ery

of

the

stea

m

eng

ine

in 1

78

5);

2.

Ind

ust

rial

ep

och

(fr

om

17

85

til

l th

e d

isco

ver

y o

f el

ectr

on

ic c

om

pu

ter

in 1

94

6);

3.

Po

stin

du

stri

al e

ra (

fro

m 1

94

6 t

ill

tod

ay).

Th

e ep

och

of

too

ls i

s p

rim

aril

y c

har

acte

rize

d b

y t

he

use

of

hu

man

an

d

anim

al l

abo

r, w

hil

e in

th

e in

du

stri

al e

ra d

riv

ers

of

pro

du

ctio

n a

re b

eco

min

g

foss

il f

uel

s, a

nd l

ater

on t

he

elec

tric

ity (

The

Sec

ond I

ndust

rial

Rev

olu

tion).

In a

n e

ra o

f in

form

atio

n t

ech

no

log

y,

wh

ich

is

call

ed t

he

Po

st-i

nd

ust

rial

era

,

the

fou

nd

atio

n o

f p

rog

ress

bec

om

es t

he

use

of

info

rmat

ion

th

at l

ead

s to

th

e

scie

nti

fic-

tech

nic

al r

evo

luti

on

.

11

8

bas

ed o

n t

he

foll

ow

ing

sto

ry.

A p

oli

cem

an c

atch

es t

wo

bu

rgla

rs,

bu

t th

ere

is

no

t en

ou

gh

ev

iden

ce a

gai

nst

th

em.

So

, h

e sa

ys

to b

oth

of

them

, (p

riso

ner

s

are

no

t al

low

ed t

o c

om

mu

nic

ate

and

do

no

t k

no

w w

het

her

th

e o

ther

on

e w

ill

con

fess

th

e cr

ime)

: "I

f b

oth

of

yo

u a

dm

it t

hat

yo

u c

om

mit

ted

a c

rim

e, y

ou

wil

l re

ceiv

e u

p t

o f

ive

yea

rs i

n p

riso

n.

If y

ou

co

nfe

ss a

nd

yo

ur

coll

eag

ue

do

es n

ot,

yo

u w

ill

be

acq

uit

ted

fo

r co

op

erat

ing

, an

d y

ou

r co

llea

gu

e w

ill

get

six

yea

rs i

n p

riso

n.

Bu

t if

he

con

fess

es,

and

yo

u d

o n

ot,

yo

u w

ill

go

to

six

yea

rs i

n p

riso

n,

and

he

wil

l b

e ac

qu

itte

d.

Fin

ally

, if

nei

ther

of

yo

u a

dm

it

com

mit

tin

g t

he

crim

e, y

ou

wil

l ea

ch g

et o

ne

yea

r in

pri

son

fo

r u

nau

tho

rize

d

po

sses

sio

n o

f w

eap

on

s."

Gra

ph

ic p

rop

osa

l ca

n b

e p

rese

nte

d l

ike

this

:

A

ad

mit

ted

th

e cr

ime

A d

id n

ot

adm

it

B a

dm

itte

d

A5, B

542

A6

, B

0

B d

id n

ot

adm

it

A0, B

6

A1

, B

1

So

, if

A c

on

fess

es,

he

can

get

fiv

e o

r ze

ro y

ear

in j

ail.

If

he

do

es n

ot

adm

it t

he

crim

e, h

e ca

n g

et s

ix o

r o

ne

yea

r im

pri

son

men

t. I

f A

is

an e

go

tist

,

it i

s b

ette

r fo

r h

im t

o c

on

fess

. T

he

sam

e ap

pli

es t

o B

. H

ow

ever

, if

bo

th a

re

ego

ists

, th

ey w

ill

bo

th e

nd

up

fiv

e y

ears

in

pri

son

, an

d i

f th

ey a

re b

oth

altr

uis

ts,

they

wil

l be

in j

ail

for

on

ly a

yea

r. "

Pri

son

er's

dil

emm

a" i

llu

stra

tes

wh

y e

thic

al b

ehav

ior

can

be

use

ful

- if

on

e d

oes

no

t w

atch

on

ly o

ne'

s o

wn

inte

rest

al

l p

arti

es ar

e b

ette

r o

ff.

If th

e ab

ov

e p

riso

ner

s b

ehav

e et

hic

ally

tow

ard

s ea

ch o

ther

(fo

rget

fo

r a

mo

men

t th

e b

road

er c

om

mu

nit

y a

nd

th

e fa

ct

that

th

ey c

ame

into

pri

son

fo

r b

urg

lary

), t

hen

th

ey w

ill

be

bet

ter

off

th

an t

o

thin

k

on

ly

abo

ut

on

e's

self

. T

her

e is

a

sim

ilar

si

tuat

ion

in

th

e so

ciet

y.

Eg

ois

tica

l fa

cto

ry o

wn

er c

an b

enef

it i

f h

e re

leas

es t

ox

ic c

hem

ical

s in

to t

he

42 Y

ears

in p

riso

n.

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firs

t w

e w

ill

answ

er t

he

qu

esti

on

wh

at t

he

ori

gin

of

bu

sin

ess

eth

ics

is a

nd

why i

t ex

ists

at

all.

Ther

e ar

e th

ree

mai

n s

ourc

es o

f busi

nes

s et

hic

s. T

he

firs

t so

urc

e is

the

pro

fess

ion

al e

thic

s. I

ts r

ule

s ar

e sp

read

th

rou

gh

ou

t o

ther

pro

fess

ion

s. T

he

seco

nd

so

urc

e is

so

cial

eth

ics.

Eac

h c

om

mu

nit

y h

as i

ts o

wn

gen

eral

mo

ral

no

rms,

wh

ich

in

tu

rn a

ffec

ts t

he

way

peo

ple

beh

ave

at t

he

wo

rkp

lace

. S

o,

for

exam

ple

, ed

uca

tio

n t

hat

an

in

div

idu

al a

cqu

ires

in

th

e fa

mil

y w

ill

hav

e a

sig

nif

ican

t im

pac

t o

n h

is b

ehav

ior

at t

he

wo

rkp

lace

. If

th

e fa

mil

y f

ost

ers

auth

ori

tari

an

beh

avio

r,

then

th

at

beh

avio

r w

ill

pre

vai

l in

busi

nes

s

org

aniz

atio

ns.

If,

at

the

soci

ety

lev

el,

no

ne

care

s ab

ou

t th

e v

uln

erab

le g

rou

ps

(fo

r ex

amp

le,

ther

e is

n

o

un

iver

sal

hea

lth

care

),

then

th

e busi

nes

s

org

aniz

atio

ns

wil

l p

rob

ably

als

o l

ack

th

e sp

irit

of

soli

dar

ity

. A

nd

eco

no

mic

situ

atio

n in

th

e co

un

try

af

fect

s b

usi

nes

s et

hic

s. It

is

h

ard

to

ex

pec

t th

at

peo

ple

wil

l fo

llo

w t

he

hig

hes

t et

hic

al s

tan

dar

ds

if t

hey

hav

e to

fig

ht

for

thei

r

mer

e ex

iste

nce

. S

ure

ly,

it i

s ea

sier

to i

nsi

st o

n r

espec

ting b

usi

nes

s et

hic

s if

peo

ple

hav

e a

go

od

in

com

e, t

han

if

they

can

no

t li

ve

fro

m t

hei

r o

wn

sal

arie

s.

Ho

wev

er,

wh

eth

er

the

stan

dar

ds

of

bu

sin

ess

eth

ics

wil

l b

e re

spec

ted

,

dep

end

s o

n e

ach

in

div

idu

al.

Th

eref

ore

, th

e th

ird

so

urc

e o

f b

usi

nes

s et

hic

s is

ind

ivid

ual

et

hic

s. T

he

ow

ner

o

f th

e co

nst

ruct

ion co

mpan

y has

to

dec

ide

wh

eth

er t

o o

ffer

a b

rib

e to

get

a j

ob

, an

d a

t th

e sa

me

tim

e th

e p

erso

n w

ho

was

off

ered

th

e b

rib

e m

ust

dec

ide

wh

eth

er t

o v

iola

te b

usi

nes

s et

hic

s.

Shou

ld w

e re

spec

t bus

ines

s eth

ics?

To

an

swer

th

is q

ues

tio

n,

we

wil

l p

rov

ide

an e

xam

ple

fro

m r

elat

ed

scie

nce

s. I

n p

oli

tica

l sc

ien

ce a

nd

eco

no

mic

s th

ere

is a

ver

y p

op

ula

r g

ame

theo

ry.

On

e o

f th

e m

ost

po

pu

lar

gam

es i

s th

e "p

riso

ner

's d

ilem

ma"

wh

ich

is

16

Epo

ch o

f too

ls

Ep

och

of

too

ls i

s th

e lo

ng

est

per

iod i

n t

he

his

tory

of

man

kin

d a

nd

it

last

ed a

pp

rox

imat

ely

on

e m

illi

on

yea

rs,

fro

m t

he

Pal

eoli

thic

tim

es t

o t

he

18

th c

entu

ry.

Sin

ce t

his

was

th

e lo

ng

est

epo

ch,

we

wil

l b

reak

it

up

in

to f

ive

sub

epo

chs:

Pale

olith

ic p

erio

d

Ab

ou

t a

mil

lio

n y

ears

ag

o,

it w

as w

ork

th

at d

iffe

ren

tiat

ed m

an f

rom

oth

er li

vin

g sp

ecie

s. A

lso

, p

lan

nin

g,

env

isio

nin

g a

nd

d

esig

nin

g o

f fu

ture

wo

rk a

re w

hat

mak

es a

hu

man

dif

fere

nt

from

anim

al w

ork

(if

the

anim

al

acti

vit

y c

an b

e ca

lled

wo

rk).

Th

eref

ore

, H

alad

in (

19

93

) co

ncl

ud

es t

hat

th

e

wo

rk i

s an

act

ivit

y t

hat

is

only

typic

al f

or

man

.7 I

n p

reh

isto

ric

tim

es a

man

alre

ady

u

sed

p

rim

itiv

e to

ols

fo

r h

un

tin

g.

He

firs

t p

roce

ssed

a b

on

e o

f a

hu

nte

d a

nim

al t

hat

co

uld

be

use

d a

s a

too

l (w

eap

on

) in

th

e h

un

t, a

nd

th

en h

e

star

ted

mak

ing

sto

ne

too

ls.

He

also

org

aniz

ed a

div

isio

n o

f la

bo

r w

hic

h w

as

init

iall

y b

ased

on

ag

e an

d g

end

er.

Alt

ho

ug

h t

he

anim

als

are

fam

ilia

r w

ith

a

pri

mit

ive

div

isio

n

of

lab

or,

m

an's

ad

van

tag

e is

th

e ab

ilit

y

of

ver

bal

com

mu

nic

atio

n t

hat

all

ow

s a

far

gre

ater

lab

or

div

isio

n a

nd

org

aniz

atio

n.

In

the

Pal

eoli

thic

p

erio

d

man

's

org

aniz

atio

n

of

hu

nti

ng

ex

ceed

ed

anim

al's

hu

nti

ng

by

far

. T

he

firs

t se

ttle

men

ts w

ere

cav

es t

hat

peo

ple

ver

y c

aref

ull

y

sele

cted

(in

th

e v

icin

ity

of

dri

nk

ing

wat

er,

faci

ng

so

uth

, w

ith

a t

erra

ce i

n

7 H

alad

in, op. ci

t., pp. 15.

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front

of

the

cave)

. In

lat

e P

aleo

lith

ic p

erio

d p

eop

le b

egan

bu

ild

ing

hu

ts a

nd

du

go

uts

.8

Neo

lithi

c

Neo

lith

ic c

ult

ure

sta

rted

ab

ou

t 1

0,0

00

yea

rs a

go.

Whil

e duri

ng t

he

Pal

eoli

thic

p

erio

d

peo

ple

li

ved

b

y

hu

nti

ng

an

d

fish

ing

, in

th

e N

eoli

thic

per

iod

th

ey b

egan

to

en

gag

e in

far

min

g.

In t

he

Neo

lith

ic t

exti

le p

rod

uct

ion

(clo

thes

) d

evel

op

ed

firs

t,

then

ca

ttle

b

reed

ing

, fa

rmin

g,

po

tter

y,

and

met

allu

rgy

. C

han

ges

in

th

e w

ay o

f w

ork

cau

sed

th

e o

ther

ch

ang

es a

s w

ell,

incl

udin

g t

he

emer

gen

ce o

f ar

chit

ectu

re.

The

firs

t se

ttle

men

ts (

vil

lag

es)

wer

e

bu

ilt

nea

r ag

ricu

ltu

ral

area

s, a

nd

lat

er t

he

dev

elo

pm

ent

of

citi

es a

lso

sta

rted

.

Th

e fi

rst

city

in

his

tory

was

Jer

ich

o (

abo

ut

10

00

0 y

ears

ag

o).

Jer

ich

o's

bu

ild

ing

s w

ere

mad

e fr

om

a m

ixtu

re o

f st

on

e an

d e

arth

(an

d l

ater

bri

ck).

Th

e

wal

ls w

ere

pla

ster

ed w

ith

lim

e, a

nd

do

ors

co

ver

ed w

ith

lea

ther

. T

he

firs

t

furn

itu

re,

wo

od

en f

loo

rs a

nd

pav

ed r

oad

s w

ere

also

mad

e in

th

at p

erio

d.9

Anc

ient

Per

iod

Par

ticu

larl

y

sig

nif

ican

t im

pac

t o

n

the

div

isio

n

of

lab

or

was

th

e

org

aniz

atio

n o

f ri

ver

irr

igat

ion

s. I

n a

nci

ent

civ

iliz

atio

ns

ther

e w

as a

new

div

isio

n o

f la

bo

r th

at g

ener

ated

new

pro

fess

ion

s: s

old

iers

, cr

afts

men

, sc

rib

es,

law

yer

s, d

oct

ors

, m

erch

ants

, cl

erk

s, a

nd

th

e te

chn

olo

gy

of

con

stru

ctio

n w

as

bei

ng

esp

ecia

lly

dev

elo

ped

. T

her

efo

re,

the

bu

ild

ing

act

ivit

y f

rom

th

e an

cien

t

per

iod

ca

n,

even

to

day

, b

e co

nsi

der

ed

as

tech

no

log

ical

m

arv

els.

F

or

exam

ple

, th

e G

reat

Wal

l o

f C

hin

a is

th

e la

rges

t b

uil

din

g f

acil

ity

ev

er b

uil

t.

8 S

ee H

awkes

, Ja

cquet

t, 1

966., P

reth

isto

rija

(H

isto

rija

čov

ječa

nstv

a: k

ultu

rni

i na

učni

razv

oj, s

veza

k 1.

). N

apri

jed

, Z

agre

b, p

- 1

-25

8.

9 F

or

a des

crip

tion o

f th

e N

eoli

thic

cult

ure

s se

e ib

id., p

p. 259

-419

11

6

Pro

fess

ion

als

are

no

t o

nly

en

cou

nte

red

at

the

mar

ket

wit

h t

hei

r fe

llo

w

pro

fess

ional

s, b

ut

also

wit

h m

ember

s of

oth

er p

rofe

ssio

ns.

Th

eref

ore

, in

th

e

rest

o

f th

is

chap

ter

we

wil

l d

iscu

ss

the

con

cep

t o

f b

usi

nes

s et

hic

s th

at

incl

ud

es g

ener

al m

ora

l ru

les

in b

usi

nes

s re

lati

on

ship

s.

Bus

ines

s eth

ics

Jon

es (

20

04

) d

efin

es e

thic

s as

a s

et o

f m

ora

l p

rin

cip

les

and

bel

iefs

abo

ut

wh

at i

s ri

gh

t o

r w

ron

g.4

1 T

hu

s, b

usi

nes

s et

hic

s is

a s

et o

f o

ur

bel

iefs

abo

ut

wh

at w

e co

nsi

der

as

mo

ral

and

im

mora

l b

usi

nes

s. B

usi

nes

s et

hic

s is

a

bro

ader

co

nce

pt

of

pro

fess

ion

al

eth

ics,

b

ecau

se

it

incl

ud

es

all

typ

es

of

occ

up

atio

ns.

It

is i

mp

ort

ant

to n

ote

th

at t

he

cod

e o

f b

usi

nes

s et

hic

s is

no

t as

stro

ng

as

the

cod

e o

f co

nd

uct

fo

r p

rofe

ssio

nal

eth

ics.

Fo

r ex

amp

le,

sup

po

se

that

a c

on

stru

ctio

n c

om

pan

y g

ets

a jo

b i

n a

co

un

try

wh

ere

it i

s co

mm

on

fo

r

un

der

age

lab

or

forc

e to

wo

rk o

n t

he

site

. Is

it

mo

rall

y r

igh

t to

hir

e a

15

-yea

r

old

in

th

is c

ase?

Is

it m

ora

l to

em

plo

y a

6-y

ear-

old

, w

hic

h i

s a

real

ity

in

Pak

ista

n?

Of

cou

rse,

mo

st p

eop

le w

ou

ld i

mm

edia

tely

say

no

, b

ut

wh

at i

f

thes

e ch

ild

ren

are

ho

mel

ess,

wh

ich

was

bes

t p

ort

ray

ed i

n t

he

mo

vie

Slu

md

og

Mil

lio

nai

re?

Is i

t im

mora

l to

hir

e th

em i

f w

e k

no

w t

hat

th

eir

on

ly a

lter

nat

ive

is b

egg

ing

in

th

e st

reet

s? I

s it

mo

ral

to d

o e

xp

erim

ents

on

an

imal

s to

tes

t

cosm

etic

pro

duct

s? I

s it

mora

l to

mo

nit

or

emp

loy

ees

du

rin

g w

ork

ing

ho

urs

(see

th

e m

ott

o a

t th

e b

egin

nin

g o

f th

e ch

apte

r)?

Bu

sin

ess

eth

ics

anal

yze

s

such

iss

ues

, so

me

of

wh

ich

wil

l b

e st

ud

ied

in

th

e n

ext

chap

ter.

Ho

wev

er,

41 J

on

es,

Gar

eth

R.,

20

04

, O

rgan

izat

iona

l The

ory,

Des

ign,

and

Cha

nge:

Tex

t and

C

ases

, P

ears

on E

duca

tion I

nte

rnat

ional

, U

pper

Sad

dle

Riv

er, p. 45.

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on

ly

crea

te

go

od

re

lati

on

ship

s,

bu

t al

so

incr

ease

s th

e li

kel

iho

od

o

f a

succ

essf

ul

lon

g t

erm

bu

sin

ess.

Com

plia

nce

with

regu

latio

ns

Co

mp

lian

ce w

ith

reg

ula

tio

ns

is n

ot

on

ly a

leg

al,

bu

t it

is

also

an

eth

ical

ob

lig

atio

n o

f a

pro

fess

ion

al.

So

, w

hen

bu

ild

ing

a h

ou

se,

a ci

vil

en

gin

eer

mu

st o

bey

sta

tic

reg

ula

tio

ns,

reg

ula

tio

ns

on

pro

tect

ion

ag

ain

st e

arth

qu

akes

and

fir

e, e

tc.

Str

ict

adh

eren

ce t

o r

egu

lati

ons

giv

es c

lien

ts t

he

confi

den

ce t

hat

a p

rofe

ssio

nal

w

ill

del

iver

q

ual

ity

w

ork

an

d,

ther

efo

re,

that

is

th

e m

ost

imp

ort

ant

elem

ent

of

pro

fess

ion

al e

thic

s. S

om

etim

es e

thic

al r

ule

s (a

ltru

ism

tow

ard

th

e cl

ien

t, c

oll

egia

lity

an

d r

egu

lato

ry c

om

pli

ance

) m

ay c

om

e in

to

con

flic

t. F

or

exam

ple

, th

e te

ach

er m

ay a

sk h

is c

oll

eag

ue

to l

et h

is s

on

's

frie

nd

to

pas

s th

e ex

am.

Ho

wev

er,

in t

his

cas

e th

e te

ach

er m

ust

no

t fo

llo

w

the

rule

of

coll

egia

lity

bec

ause

reg

ula

tory

co

mp

lian

ce i

s m

ore

im

po

rtan

t th

an

coll

egia

lity

. A

lso

, th

e p

rofe

ssio

nal

m

ust

re

fuse

cl

ien

t's

req

ues

t if

it

is

ille

git

imat

e, f

or

exam

ple

, th

e v

eter

inar

ian

mu

st r

efu

se a

req

ues

t b

y f

arm

ers

to i

ssu

e a

cert

ific

ate

that

th

e p

ig,

wh

ich

was

to

be

slau

gh

tere

d,

is h

ealt

hy

, if

he

kn

ow

s th

at t

his

is

no

t tr

ue.

If t

her

e is

a c

onfl

ict

bet

wee

n t

he

inte

rest

s o

f th

e cl

ien

t an

d c

oll

egia

lity

,

then

th

e in

tere

st o

f th

e cu

sto

mer

is

mo

re i

mp

ort

ant.

Fo

r ex

amp

le,

if a

stu

den

t

is

exam

ined

b

efo

re

the

com

mit

tee,

an

d

if

a p

rofe

sso

r w

ho

h

ad

tau

gh

t

reques

ts f

rom

coll

eagues

to f

ail

the

studen

t, f

ello

w p

rofe

sso

rs m

ust

ref

use

the

req

ues

t o

f th

eir

coll

ege

if t

hey

th

ink

th

at t

he

stu

den

t h

as d

emo

nst

rate

d

suff

icie

nt

kn

ow

led

ge

for

pas

sin

g

the

exam

. S

o,

in

the

firs

t p

lace

o

f

pro

fess

ional

eth

ics

is r

egula

tory

com

pli

ance

, th

en t

he

pro

tect

ion

of

the

clie

nt

and

at

the

end

co

mes

co

lleg

iali

ty.

18

So

me

Ro

man

bu

ild

ing

s ar

e st

ill

in u

se (

wat

er s

up

pli

es,

road

s).

Th

e G

reat

Py

ram

id o

f G

iza

cov

ers

the

area

of

5.3

hec

tare

s, c

on

sist

s o

f 2

.3 m

illi

on

hea

vy

gra

nit

e b

lock

s w

hic

h w

eig

h a

bo

ut

2.3

tons.

It

was

buil

t by 1

00,0

00

peo

ple

ov

er 2

0 y

ears

. T

he

anci

ent

Eg

yp

t al

read

y k

new

ab

ou

t th

e p

rofe

ssio

n

of

civ

il e

ng

inee

rs.

Ch

ief

des

ign

er o

f th

e p

yra

mid

was

a p

erso

nal

ad

vis

er t

o

Ph

arao

h,

and

co

nst

ruct

ion

wo

rker

s w

ere

hig

hly

sp

ecia

lize

d.

Ho

wev

er,

it i

s

imp

ort

ant

to n

ote

th

at a

nci

ent

per

iod

in

tro

du

ced

sla

ver

y a

s th

e w

ors

t fo

rm o

f

exp

loit

atio

n o

f la

bo

r.10

Mid

dle

Age

s

Co

mp

ared

to

an

cien

t p

erio

d,

the

per

iod

of

Eu

rop

ean

Mid

dle

Ag

es w

as

tech

no

log

ical

ly l

ess

dev

elo

ped

. R

ebir

th o

f E

uro

pe

star

ted

in

th

e 1

0th

cen

tury

wit

h t

he

emer

gen

ce o

f u

niv

ersi

ties

an

d r

esto

rati

on

of

citi

es.

Hy

dro

po

wer

star

ted

to

be

use

d i

n t

he

pro

du

ctio

n o

f te

xti

les

in t

he

13

th c

entu

ry.

As

in

anci

ent

tim

es,

in t

he

Mid

dle

Ag

es,

the

gre

ates

t ac

hie

vem

ents

in

th

e fi

eld

of

wo

rk

wer

e ac

hie

ved

in

th

e co

nst

ruct

ion

in

du

stry

, p

arti

cula

rly

in

th

e

con

stru

ctio

n

of

reli

gio

us

bu

ild

ing

s.

A

pro

fess

ion

o

f a

mas

ter

bu

ild

er,

a

fore

run

ner

of

tod

ay's

arc

hit

ects

an

d c

ivil

en

gin

eers

, w

as e

stab

lish

ed.

Urb

an

bea

uty

of

som

e m

edie

val

to

wn

s re

mai

ned

un

surp

asse

d t

o t

his

day

.

Peri

od fr

om 1

6th

to 1

8th

cent

ury

In t

his

per

iod

, th

e sc

op

e o

f th

e st

ates

was

in

crea

sin

g w

hic

h e

nab

led

mas

s p

rod

uct

ion

. A

lso

, co

lon

izat

ion

of

new

co

nti

nen

ts l

ed t

o g

lob

al d

ivis

ion

10 G

reat

anci

ent

civil

izat

ions

wer

e an

alyze

d i

n W

ooll

ey,

Leo

nar

d,

1966., O

rigi

ns

of C

ivili

zatio

n (H

isto

ry o

f M

anki

nd:

Cul

tura

l an

d Sc

ient

ific

Dev

elop

men

t), V

olu

me

1,

Book 2

.),

Forw

ard,

Zag

reb,

espec

iall

y p

ages

211

-41.

For

a des

crip

tion o

f th

e em

ergen

ce

of

the

firs

t ci

ties

se

e M

um

ford

, L

ewis

, 1961.,

The

City

in

His

tory

: Its

Ori

gins

, Its

Tr

ansf

orm

atio

ns, a

nd It

s Pro

spec

ts, H

arco

urt

, B

race

an

d W

orl

d, N

ew Y

ork

.

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19

of

lab

or.

Tex

tile

in

du

stry

, w

hic

h u

sed

th

e en

erg

y o

f w

ater

, w

as p

rog

ress

ing

fast

est.

T

he

div

isio

n

of

lab

or

in

man

ufa

ctu

res

dra

mat

ical

ly

incr

ease

d

pro

du

ctiv

ity

, b

ecau

se

pro

du

ctiv

ity

w

as

incr

easi

ng

ly

dep

end

ent

on

th

e

org

aniz

atio

n o

f w

ork

, an

d l

ess

on i

nd

ivid

ual

sk

ills

. D

esp

ite

the

incr

ease

d

pro

du

ctiv

ity

of

lab

or,

wo

rkin

g c

on

dit

ion

s w

ere

det

erio

rati

ng

(1

4 t

o 1

6 h

ou

rs

of

a d

ull

wo

rk i

n n

ois

y,

stuff

y a

nd u

nhea

lth

y w

ork

ing e

nvir

onm

ents

). A

nd

the

sett

lem

ents

of

wo

rker

s w

ho

wo

rked

in

man

ufa

ctu

res

wer

e al

so e

xtr

emel

y

inh

um

ane

pla

ces

to l

ive

in.

At

that

tim

e, s

lav

ery

was

in

tro

du

ced

in

bo

th

Nort

h

and

South

A

mer

ica.

T

her

efo

re,

the

per

iod

fr

om

th

e 16th

to

18th

cen

tury

was

fu

ll o

f co

ntr

asts

, w

hic

h w

as r

efle

cted

in

th

e p

rese

rvat

ion

of

the

neg

ativ

e ch

arac

teri

stic

s o

f p

rev

iou

s ep

och

s, b

ut

also

in

th

e p

rocl

amat

ion

of

a

new

ep

och

- t

he

epo

ch o

f th

e m

ach

ine

- th

at w

ill

fun

dam

enta

lly

ch

ang

e

hu

man

ity

. H

ow

ever

, b

efo

re w

e g

et t

o s

ho

w t

he

ind

ust

rial

ag

e, w

e w

ill

list

th

e

mo

st i

mp

ort

ant

com

mo

n c

har

acte

rist

ics

of

the

epo

ch o

f to

ols

(ep

och

s o

f

craf

t).

As

Hal

adin

sta

ted

(1

99

3),

"W

ork

in

the

craf

t ta

kes

pla

ce m

ost

ly b

y

usi

ng h

ands

and t

ools

... T

ypic

ally

th

ere

is a

sm

all

nu

mb

er o

f w

ork

ers

-

incl

ud

ing

th

e m

aste

rs

and

p

ract

ical

ly

no

d

ivis

ion

o

f la

bo

r in

su

ch

a

wo

rksh

op

...

Th

e w

ork

is

usu

ally

do

ne

and

ord

ered

by

th

e p

iece

an

d t

he

clie

nt,

who o

rder

ed i

t, i

s know

n .

.. I

n a

dd

itio

n t

o m

aste

r w

ho

se q

ual

ific

atio

ns

are

un

iver

sal

...

in t

he

wo

rksh

op

, th

ere

are

also

his

ass

ista

nts

(jo

urn

eym

en)

and

stu

den

ts (

app

ren

tice

s)."

11 O

f co

urs

e, s

uch

wo

rk c

ou

ld n

ot

reac

h m

ass

pro

du

ctio

n.

Mas

s p

rod

uct

ion

beg

an t

o b

e ac

hie

ved

by

fo

rmin

g m

anu

fact

ure

s,

and

was

fu

lly

rea

lize

d o

nly

in

th

e in

du

stri

al e

ra.

11 H

alad

in, op. ci

t., pp. 33-4

.

11

4

asso

ciat

ions.

How

ever

, ev

ery p

rofe

ssio

nal

mu

st d

ecid

e fo

r h

imse

lf w

het

her

or

no

t to

beh

ave

eth

ical

ly.

Th

eref

ore

, it

is

imp

ort

ant

that

eth

ical

beh

avio

r

bec

om

es

a h

abit

o

f p

rofe

ssio

nal

s,

no

t ju

st

beh

avio

r b

ased

o

n

fear

o

f

pu

nis

hm

ent.

Rel

atio

nshi

p of

pro

fess

iona

ls a

nd fe

llow

col

leag

ues

Th

ere

are

thre

e b

asic

ele

men

ts o

f p

rofe

ssio

nal

rel

atio

nsh

ips

to c

oll

eag

ues

:

equ

alit

y,

sup

po

rt a

nd

kn

ow

led

ge

tran

sfer

. E

qu

alit

y m

ean

s th

at p

rofe

ssio

nal

s

sho

uld

tr

eat

each

o

ther

as

eq

ual

in

div

idu

als.

T

hu

s, fo

r ex

amp

le,

it is

an

un

pro

fess

ion

al c

on

du

ct i

f a

law

yer

wan

ts t

o s

teal

a c

lien

t fr

om

his

fel

low

coll

ege.

An

d n

ot

on

ly t

hat

: If

a c

lien

t w

ants

to

ch

ang

e th

e la

wy

er,

the

law

yer

is o

bli

gat

ed t

o c

all

his

coll

eague

and a

sk h

im f

or

per

mis

sio

n.

If t

he

clie

nt

has

no

t se

ttle

d

all

deb

ts

wit

h

the

firs

t la

wy

er,

the

seco

nd

sh

ou

ld

refu

se

to

repre

sent

him

unti

l his

fel

low

law

yer

is

no

t p

aid

. T

hu

s, p

rofe

ssio

nal

s ca

n

rela

te

to

each

o

ther

as

eq

ual

s an

d

equ

al,

and

th

at

wil

l re

sult

in

th

e

rela

tio

nsh

ip o

f m

utu

al s

up

po

rt.

Fo

r ex

amp

le,

if a

stu

den

t o

ffen

ds

a p

rofe

sso

r

and

th

e p

rofe

sso

r se

eks

to

pu

nis

h

a st

ud

ent

bec

ause

, h

is

coll

eag

ues

ar

e

ob

lig

ed t

o s

up

po

rt t

his

pro

fess

or.

Fo

r p

rofe

ssio

nal

s it

is

in

app

rop

riat

e to

k

eep

th

eir

kn

ow

led

ge

to

them

selv

es.

Th

ey a

re o

bli

ged

to

sh

are

that

kn

ow

led

ge

wit

h c

oll

eag

ues

. O

f

cou

rse,

if

a ci

vil

en

gin

eer

fin

ds

a n

ew,

bet

ter

qu

alit

y m

ater

ial

for

pla

ster

, h

e

has

th

e fi

rst

rig

ht

to p

aten

t an

d p

rote

ct h

is i

nven

tion,

but

afte

r th

at h

e sh

ould

fam

ilia

rize

his

co

llea

gu

es w

ith

th

e in

ven

tio

n,

and

ad

vis

e th

em o

n t

he

use

of

new

m

ater

ials

. In

sh

ort

, p

rofe

ssio

nal

s m

ust

b

e co

llea

gu

es

wh

o

mu

tual

ly

sup

po

rt e

ach

oth

er.

Act

ing

in

acc

ord

ance

wit

h p

rofe

ssio

nal

eth

ics

do

es n

ot

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clie

nts

, re

gar

dle

ss o

f w

ho

th

e cl

ien

t is

. T

he

surg

eon

mu

st m

ake

ever

y e

ffo

rt

to s

ave

the

war

cri

min

al w

ho

has

bee

n w

ou

nd

ed i

n b

attl

e. A

law

yer

mu

st

def

end

a s

eria

l k

ille

r an

d r

apis

t b

y u

sin

g a

ll t

he

kn

ow

led

ge

and

sk

ills

on

e

has

. A

pro

fess

or

wh

o a

ccep

ts t

o g

ive

a le

ctu

re s

ho

uld

no

t le

ctu

re b

adly

if

he/

she

mak

es 1

0 e

uro

s p

er h

ou

r an

d b

ette

r if

he

mak

es 1

00

euro

s p

er h

ou

r.

Of

cou

rse,

we

hav

e al

read

y i

nd

icat

ed t

hat

pro

fess

ion

al a

sso

ciat

ion

s h

ave

the

task

of

fig

hti

ng

fo

r th

e h

igh

tar

iffs

of

mem

ber

s o

f th

e p

rofe

ssio

n.

Ho

wev

er,

reg

ard

less

o

f th

e ta

riff

s,

the

pro

fess

ion

als

mu

st

do

th

eir

bes

t w

hil

e

per

form

ing

wo

rk.

If t

he

clie

nt

do

es n

ot

wan

t to

pay

th

e an

tici

pat

ed t

arif

f, t

he

pro

fess

ion

al m

ay r

efu

se t

o w

ork

, b

ut

if o

ne

acce

pts

the

job,

then

one

has

to

do

a q

ual

ity

jo

b.

2. T

he e

ffec

t on

cust

omer

's b

enef

it an

d al

trui

sm.

Pro

fess

ion

als

dif

fer

fro

m n

on

-pro

fess

ion

als

in s

uch

a w

ay t

hat

th

eir

pro

fit

sho

uld

no

t, i

n a

ny

cas

e, b

e th

e o

nly

mo

tiv

e fo

r w

ork

. U

niv

ersi

ty p

rofe

sso

r

mu

st l

ov

e th

eir

wo

rk a

nd

str

ive

to b

ette

r co

nv

ey t

hei

r k

no

wle

dg

e to

stu

den

ts

and

th

eir

sch

ola

rly

wo

rks

sho

uld

co

ntr

ibu

te t

o s

oci

ety

. A

ph

ysi

cian

's p

rim

ary

ob

ject

ive

mu

st b

e th

e h

ealt

h o

f h

is p

atie

nts

. A

civ

il e

ng

inee

r m

ust

, in

so

me

par

ts,

be

an a

rtis

t. I

t is

no

co

inci

den

ce t

hat

the

Nob

el l

aure

ate

Ivo

And

rić

dev

ote

d

his

b

est

wo

rks

to

bri

dg

es,

bel

iev

ing

th

at

they

ar

e a

sym

bo

l of

con

nec

tio

n

bet

wee

n

peo

ple

. T

hu

s,

the

pro

fess

ion

als

mu

st

stri

ve

for

the

wel

fare

of

thei

r cl

ien

ts a

nd

hav

e th

e in

trin

sic

mo

tiv

atio

n t

o w

ork

.

3. P

rofe

ssio

nals

mus

t rej

ect b

ribe

ry a

nd fa

vori

tism

Fro

m ev

ery

thin

g w

ritt

en it

is

cl

ear

that

a p

rofe

ssio

nal

is

ob

lig

ated

to

refu

se a

ny

im

mo

ral

acts

, in

clu

din

g b

riber

y,

nep

oti

sm,

and f

avori

tism

. T

o

ensu

re

this

, w

e n

eed

th

e le

gis

lati

on

an

d

clea

r ru

les

of

pro

fess

ion

al

20

Indu

stri

al A

ge

Th

e In

du

stri

al A

ge

beg

an w

ith

th

e in

ven

tio

n o

f th

e st

eam

en

gin

e in

17

85

, an

d t

hat

yea

r is

co

nsi

der

ed t

o b

e th

e b

egin

nin

g o

f th

e F

irst

In

du

stri

al

Rev

olu

tio

n.

Th

e S

eco

nd

In

du

stri

al R

evo

luti

on

beg

an w

ith

th

e in

ven

tio

n o

f

elec

tric

gen

erat

or

in 1

87

0.

The

firs

t m

oder

n m

ovin

g a

ssem

bly

appea

red i

n

the

mea

t in

du

stry

in

th

e U

nit

ed S

tate

s (C

inci

nn

ati

and

Ch

icag

o).

Hen

ry F

ord

intr

od

uce

d

the

mo

vin

g

asse

mb

ly

in

auto

mo

bil

e in

du

stry

in

1

91

3.

Th

is

enab

led

th

e m

ass

pro

du

ctio

n o

f ca

rs,

and

a d

rast

ic d

rop

in

thei

r pri

ce.

The

car

wo

uld

so

on

bec

om

e av

aila

ble

fo

r th

e av

erag

e A

mer

ican

. T

her

e w

as a

max

imu

m

sim

pli

fica

tio

n

of

the

pro

ced

ure

in

th

e o

rgan

izat

ion

o

f w

ork

.

How

ever

, ex

per

tise

of

emplo

yee

s at

the

mo

vin

g a

ssem

bly

was

on

th

e lo

wer

lev

el t

han

th

e ex

per

tise

of

form

er c

raft

smen

. A

str

ict

div

isio

n o

f m

anu

al a

nd

inte

llec

tual

wo

rk w

as c

reat

ed.

Man

ual

wo

rker

s b

ecam

e a

sup

ple

men

t o

f th

e

mac

hin

e. S

pec

iali

zati

on

of

lab

or

was

sig

nif

ican

tly

in

crea

sin

g,

and

th

us

the

hie

rarc

hic

al s

tru

ctu

re o

f th

e co

mp

any

was

als

o b

ein

g s

et u

p.

Org

aniz

atio

n o

f

wo

rk in

th

e fa

cto

ry b

ecam

e si

mil

ar to

o

rgan

izat

ion

in

th

e m

ilit

ary

. T

he

glo

bal

d

ivis

ion

o

f la

bo

r w

as b

ein

g es

tab

lish

ed,

bec

ause

m

ass

pro

du

ctio

n

req

uir

ed e

xp

ort

of

larg

e q

uan

tity

of

pro

du

cts.

Po

or

nat

ion

s b

ecam

e p

rim

aril

y

pro

du

cers

o

f ra

w

mat

eria

ls

and

th

e ri

ch

of

fin

ish

ed

go

od

s.

A

tren

d

of

ind

ust

rial

izat

ion

an

d

urb

aniz

atio

n

star

ted

-

farm

ers

go

to

th

e ci

ties

an

d

bec

om

e w

ork

ers.

Fro

m t

he

mid

-20

th c

entu

ry,

the

tert

iary

sec

tor

(ser

vic

es)

bec

ame

the

dom

inan

t ec

onom

ic

sect

or.

T

he

per

cen

tag

e o

f p

eop

le

wh

o

wo

rked

in

th

e ad

min

istr

atio

n a

lso

in

crea

sed

. T

he

Ind

ust

rial

Ag

e re

ach

ed i

ts

pea

k d

uri

ng

Wo

rld

War

II

wh

en a

ll t

he

war

rin

g s

tate

s in

crea

sed

th

eir

war

pro

du

ctio

n t

o t

he

max

imu

m.

Ho

wev

er,

just

at

that

tim

e th

e P

ost

-In

du

stri

al

Ag

e, w

hic

h l

aste

d u

nti

l th

e p

rese

nt

day

, b

egan

to

em

erg

e.

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Post

-indu

stri

al A

ge

In t

he

20

th c

entu

ry,

a n

ew p

erio

d,

for

wh

ich

th

e m

ost

co

mm

on

ly u

sed

term

s ar

e th

e P

ost

ind

ust

rial

Ag

e o

r th

e A

ge

of

Au

tom

atio

n,

beg

an i

n t

he

19

50

s. T

he

mo

st s

ign

ific

ant

inv

enti

on

s th

at e

nab

led

th

e d

evel

op

men

t o

f th

is

per

iod

wer

e th

e fo

llo

win

g:

1.

Pro

du

ctio

n o

f th

e fi

rst

nu

clea

r re

acto

r. (

19

42

);

2.

Co

nst

ruct

ion

of

the

firs

t co

mp

ute

rs (

19

46

);

3.

Intr

od

uct

ion

of

rob

ots

in

man

ufa

ctu

rin

g;

4.

Dis

cov

ery

of

the

Inte

rnet

(1

96

9).

The

most

im

port

ant

conse

quen

ces

of

the

imp

lem

enta

tio

n

of

thes

e

inv

enti

on

s in

th

e p

rod

uct

ion

wer

e:

1.

Ter

tiar

y

sect

or

of

the

econ

om

y

(th

e se

rvic

e se

cto

r),

par

ticu

larl

y

adm

inis

trat

ion

w

as

gro

win

g.

(In

th

e U

.S.,

7

5%

o

f th

e p

op

ula

tio

n

wo

rked

in

th

e te

rtia

ry s

ecto

r, 2

2%

in

in

du

stry

an

d l

ess

than

3%

in

agri

cult

ure

)

2.

Th

e p

erce

nta

ge

of

the

po

pu

lati

on

em

plo

yed

in

ag

ricu

ltu

re a

nd

in

du

stry

was

dra

mat

ical

ly r

edu

ced

.

3.

Sci

ence

w

as

bec

om

ing

th

e m

ain

en

gin

e o

f g

row

th,

lead

ing

to

scie

nti

fic

and

te

chn

olo

gic

al re

vo

luti

on

. U

niv

ersi

ties

in

teg

rate

d w

ith

ind

ust

ry a

nd

po

liti

cal

stru

ctu

res.

4.

In

som

e in

du

stri

es

(pet

roch

emic

als,

p

ow

er

pla

nts

) 9

0%

o

f th

e

pro

du

ctio

n w

as f

ull

y a

uto

mat

ed.

5.

Wo

men

w

ere

bei

ng

m

assi

vel

y

emp

loy

ed

(cau

ses:

w

ars,

h

ou

seh

old

cho

res

sim

pli

fied

, re

du

ctio

n o

f b

irth

ra

tes,

div

orc

e, fe

min

ism

, new

job

s, r

edu

cin

g t

he

mea

nin

g o

f p

hy

sica

l la

bo

r, t

ech

no

log

ical

ad

van

ces)

.

11

2

wil

l n

ot

vio

late

th

is u

nw

ritt

en r

ule

alt

ho

ug

h t

her

e is

no

fo

rmal

pen

alty

fo

r

vio

lati

on

of

this

ru

le.

Vio

lati

on

of

wri

tten

sta

nd

ard

s o

f co

nduct

may

res

ult

in e

xpuls

ion f

rom

the

pro

fess

ion

al

asso

ciat

ion

s an

d

pro

hib

itio

n

of

furt

her

p

rofe

ssio

nal

acti

vit

ies.

An

ex

amp

le o

f w

ritt

en s

tan

dar

d i

s th

at p

rofe

ssio

nal

mu

st r

esp

ect

leg

al r

egu

lati

on

s o

n c

on

stru

ctio

n.

Of

cou

rse,

th

e st

ate

can

pu

nis

h t

he

vio

lato

r

of

that

sta

nd

ard

, b

ut

the

task

of

a p

rofe

ssio

nal

ass

oci

atio

n i

s to

pre

ven

t th

at

such

v

iola

tio

ns

even

o

ccu

r. F

or

som

e o

ffen

ses

pro

fess

ion

als

wil

l n

ot

be

leg

ally

p

un

ish

ed,

bu

t a

pro

fess

ion

al

asso

ciat

ion

ca

n

pu

nis

h

him

/her

. A

n

exam

ple

o

f su

ch

an

off

ense

is

a

dis

clo

sure

o

f co

nfi

den

tial

ity

. S

o,

if

a

def

end

ant

con

fid

ed t

o h

is d

efen

se-a

tto

rney

, an

d h

e to

ld h

is c

oll

eag

ues

his

clie

nt's

sec

ret,

th

e st

ate

is u

nli

kel

y t

o p

rose

cute

a l

awy

er,

bu

t th

e B

ar w

ou

ld

hav

e to

p

un

ish

a

law

yer

b

ecau

se

of

such

im

mo

ral

beh

avio

r as

w

ritt

en

stan

dar

ds

of

law

eth

ics

pro

hib

it d

iscl

osu

re o

f d

efen

dan

t's s

ecre

ts.

Th

ere

are

thre

e b

asic

ru

les

that

m

ake

pro

fess

ional

et

hic

s,

whic

h

are:

th

e ru

les

of

beh

avio

r to

war

ds

cust

om

ers,

co

llea

gu

es

and

th

e ru

les

of

resp

ecti

ng

reg

ula

tio

ns

in t

he

pro

fess

ion

.

Rel

atio

nshi

p w

ith c

lient

s

Rel

atio

nsh

ip w

ith

cli

ents

is

bas

ed o

n t

hre

e fu

nd

amen

tal

pri

nci

ple

s:

1. E

mot

iona

l neu

tral

ity a

nd n

on-d

iscr

imin

ator

y ap

proa

ch

Acc

ord

ing

to

th

is p

rin

cip

le,

a p

rofe

ssio

nal

sh

ou

ld n

ot

dis

crim

inat

e am

on

g

his

/her

cli

ents

, an

d e

spec

iall

y o

ne

mu

st n

ot

dis

crim

inat

e ag

ain

st c

lien

ts o

n

the

bas

is o

f n

atio

nal

ori

gin

, ra

ce,

clas

s, g

end

er o

r se

xu

al o

rien

tati

on

. S

o,

a

pro

fess

ion

al sh

ou

ld p

rov

ide

the

hig

hes

t q

ual

ity

se

rvic

e to

ea

ch o

f h

is

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10. P

rofe

ssio

nal a

nd b

usin

ess e

thic

s

In G

od W

e Tr

ust.

All o

ther

s we

mon

itor.

(Th

e m

ott

o o

f th

e co

mp

any

wh

o s

et u

p c

amer

as i

n a

ll o

ffic

es).

Pre

par

atio

n f

or

the

lect

ure

: m

ovie

“A

Bea

uti

ful

Min

d”

Prof

essi

onal

eth

ics

We

stat

ed

in

the

pre

vio

us

chap

ter

that

o

ne

of

the

fundam

enta

l

char

acte

rist

ics

of

pro

fess

ion

alis

m

is

the

resp

ect

for

pro

fess

ional

et

hic

s,

wh

ich

is

def

ined

as

a se

t o

f ru

les

of

con

du

ct f

or

mem

ber

s o

f a

par

ticu

lar

pro

fess

ion

. W

hil

e ev

ery

pro

fess

ion

has

its

ow

n s

pec

ific

s, i

t is

nec

essa

ry t

o

spec

ify

th

e ru

les

that

sh

ou

ld b

e fo

llow

ed b

y m

ember

s o

f al

l p

rofe

ssio

ns.

Fir

stly

, it

is

imp

ort

ant

to n

ote

th

at t

her

e ar

e w

ritt

en a

nd

un

wri

tten

eth

ical

rule

s an

d t

hat

th

ey a

re b

oth

im

po

rtan

t el

emen

ts o

f p

rofe

ssio

nal

eth

ics.

An

exam

ple

of

un

wri

tten

ru

le i

s th

e ru

le t

hat

pro

fess

ion

als

sho

uld

no

t ch

arg

e fo

r

thei

r p

rofe

ssio

nal

ser

vic

es t

o m

emb

ers

of

the

imm

edia

te f

amil

y a

nd b

est

frie

nd

s (a

lth

ou

gh

th

ey m

ay c

har

ge

thei

r o

wn

fee

s).

Th

is r

ule

is

men

tio

ned

nei

ther

in

th

e la

w n

or

in t

he

stat

ute

of

pro

fess

ion

al a

sso

ciat

ion

s, a

nd

we

con

sid

er i

t as

an

un

wri

tten

ru

le.

Ho

wev

er,

a p

rofe

ssio

nal

wh

o w

ou

ld v

iola

te

this

rule

is

likel

y t

o e

xper

ience

cri

tici

sm f

rom

his

co

llea

gu

es,

wh

o w

ou

ld

trea

t him

as

a

gre

edy per

son an

d w

ould

p

rob

ably

av

oid

h

im (i

sola

tio

n).

Bec

ause

eac

h o

f u

s ca

res

abo

ut

the

op

inio

ns

of

oth

ers,

esp

ecia

lly

th

e o

pin

ion

of

ou

r co

llea

gu

es (

and

fam

ily

an

d f

rien

ds)

, th

e v

ast

maj

ori

ty o

f p

rofe

ssio

nal

s

22

6.

New

tec

hn

olo

gie

s d

o n

ot

rep

lace

ju

st p

hy

sica

l w

ork

, b

ut

also

mak

e

inte

llec

tual

wo

rk m

uch

eas

ier

(Wo

rd,

Ex

cel,

etc

.).

Ch

ang

es d

id n

ot

on

ly h

app

en i

n t

he

area

of

pro

duct

ion,

but

wer

e fe

lt

in a

ll a

reas

of

soci

ety.

The

mo

st i

mp

ort

ant

are

the

foll

ow

ing

:

1.

Fre

qu

ent

chan

ges

o

f re

sid

ence

-

a n

um

ber

o

f so

cial

co

nta

cts

are

incr

easi

ng

, b

ut

the

lon

g l

asti

ng

fri

end

ship

s ar

e d

iffi

cult

to

mai

nta

in.

2.

Dis

inte

gra

tio

n o

f th

e ex

ten

ded

fam

ily

.

3.

Th

ank

s to

th

e In

tern

et,

mo

st

of

the

scie

nti

fic

and

cult

ura

l

ach

iev

emen

ts o

f h

um

anit

y b

eco

me

avai

lab

le t

o e

ver

y i

nd

ivid

ual

.

4.

Ho

wev

er,

on

e o

f th

e b

igg

est

pro

ble

ms

of

mo

der

n h

um

anit

y b

eco

mes

a

stea

dy

in

crea

se o

f so

cial

dif

fere

nce

s n

ot

on

ly w

ith

in c

ou

ntr

ies,

bu

t

bet

wee

n d

evel

op

ed a

nd

no

n-d

evel

op

ed c

ou

ntr

ies

as w

ell

(par

ticu

larl

y

dis

adv

anta

ged

are

Afr

ican

co

un

trie

s).

Cha

ract

eris

tics o

f mod

ern

labo

r

Alt

ho

ug

h t

he

Po

st-I

nd

ust

rial

Era

beg

an i

n t

he

fift

ies

of

the

last

cen

tury

and c

onti

nues

to t

his

day

, in

the

earl

y 1

990

-ies

the

chan

ges

that

led

to n

ew,

mo

re d

rast

ic c

han

ges

in

th

e fi

eld

of

work

and s

oci

ety i

n g

ener

al t

ook p

lace

.

Th

ese

new

ch

ang

es a

re c

alle

d g

lob

aliz

atio

n,

wh

ich

can

be

def

ined

as

the

pro

cess

of

eco

no

mic

, p

oli

tica

l an

d c

ult

ura

l in

tegra

tio

n o

f th

e w

orl

d.

Th

ese

chan

ges

wer

e ca

use

d b

y t

he

foll

ow

ing

ev

ents

. F

irst

ly,

the

coll

apse

of

the

So

vie

t U

nio

n

and

th

e C

om

mu

nis

t b

loc

in

Eas

tern

E

uro

pe

enab

led

th

e

eco

no

mic

an

d p

oli

tica

l co

nn

ecti

ons

no

t o

nly

in

Eu

rop

e b

ut

thro

ug

ho

ut

the

wo

rld

. S

eco

nd

ly,

the

emer

gen

ce o

f th

e In

tern

et e

nab

led

th

e w

orl

d t

o c

on

nec

t

thro

ug

h i

nfo

rmat

ion

, an

d t

his

had

a s

ign

ific

ant

imp

act

no

t o

nly

on

wo

rk,

bu

t

also

in

al

l ar

eas

of

soci

ety.

Thir

dly

, im

pro

vem

ent

of

tran

spo

rt

faci

liti

es

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stim

ula

ted

ov

eral

l m

igra

tio

n o

f peo

ple

, fr

om

touri

sts,

th

rou

gh

ed

uca

tio

n t

o

bu

sin

ess.

F

ou

rth

ly,

the

pro

cess

o

f g

lob

aliz

atio

n

stim

ula

tes

the

crea

tio

n,

exp

ansi

on

an

d st

ren

gth

enin

g o

f th

e ec

on

om

ic an

d p

oli

tica

l su

pra

nat

ion

al

org

aniz

atio

ns

such

as

the

Eu

rop

ean

U

nio

n,

NA

TO

an

d th

e W

orl

d T

rad

e

Org

aniz

atio

n.

Glo

bal

izat

ion

pro

cess

es h

ave

led

to

th

e fo

llo

win

g c

han

ges

in

the

fiel

d o

f w

ork

:

1.

Inte

llec

tual

wo

rk h

as i

ncr

easi

ng

ly r

epla

ced

ph

ysi

cal

lab

or.

Lin

ked

to

that

is

the

incr

easi

ng

ed

uca

tio

nal

lev

el o

f th

e p

op

ula

tio

n.

Fo

r ex

amp

le,

in t

he

Un

ited

Sta

tes

tod

ay,

abo

ut

50

% o

f m

emb

ers

of

on

e g

ener

atio

n

com

ple

ted

co

lleg

e. I

n d

evel

op

ed w

este

rn c

ou

ntr

ies,

th

e te

nd

ency

is

that

alm

ost

th

e en

tire

po

pu

lati

on

gra

du

ates

fro

m h

igh

sch

oo

l. S

o,

in

ord

er t

o b

e co

mp

etit

ive

in t

he

wo

rkfo

rce

at t

he

glo

bal

mar

ket

pla

ce,

a

per

son

mu

st h

ave

an a

deq

uat

e fo

rmal

ed

uca

tio

n.

2.

Th

e n

um

ber

of

peo

ple

wo

rkin

g a

t h

om

e si

gn

ific

antl

y i

ncr

ease

s. F

or

exam

ple

, to

day

, a

scie

nti

st d

oes

no

t h

ave

to g

o t

o w

ork

or

even

to

th

e

lib

rary

in

o

rder

to

w

rite

a

scie

nti

fic

pap

er.

Sea

rch

ing

th

rou

gh

dat

abas

es o

r lo

ok

ing

fo

r p

ub

lish

ed sc

ienti

fic

arti

cles

ca

n be

mad

e

thro

ug

h t

hei

r p

erso

nal

co

mp

ute

r at

ho

me.

Journ

alis

ts d

o n

ot

hav

e to

go

into

th

e n

ewsr

oo

m,

sin

ce

thei

r ar

ticl

es

may

be

sent

by

e-m

ail.

Sci

enti

sts

fro

m d

iffe

ren

t co

nti

nen

ts c

an w

ork

to

get

her

to

wri

te a

bo

ok

even

th

ou

gh

th

ey w

ill,

per

hap

s, n

ever

mee

t. T

hes

e ar

e ju

st s

om

e o

f th

e

nu

mer

ou

s ex

amp

les

of

pro

fess

ion

s th

at c

an b

e per

form

ed a

t ho

me.

Wo

rkin

g a

t h

om

e h

as m

any

ad

van

tag

es.

Fo

r ex

amp

le,

wo

rk a

t h

om

e

sav

es t

ime

that

wo

uld

oth

erw

ise

be

spen

t co

mm

uti

ng

to

an

d f

rom

wo

rk.

Th

is

is e

spec

iall

y i

mp

ort

ant

in l

arg

e ci

ties

wh

ere

ther

e is

a t

raff

ic c

oll

apse

at

a

11

0

3.

Pro

fess

ion

als

can

b

e re

cog

niz

ed b

y th

eir

titl

es w

hic

h ar

e ac

qu

ired

thro

ug

h e

du

cati

on

at

coll

ege.

4.

Pro

fess

ion

als

solv

e p

rob

lem

s o

n t

he

bas

is o

f sc

ien

tifi

c k

no

wle

dg

e.

5.

Ev

ery

pro

fess

ion

has

a m

on

op

oly

on

a p

arti

cula

r ty

pe

of

acti

vit

y.

6.

Pro

fess

ion

al a

sso

ciat

ion

s p

rote

ct t

he

inte

rest

s o

f th

e p

rofe

ssio

n a

nd

pro

fess

ion

als.

7.

Pro

fess

ional

lan

guag

e is

use

d f

or

easi

er u

nder

stan

din

g a

nd i

t cr

eate

s a

sen

se o

f co

nn

ecti

on

bet

wee

n t

he

mem

ber

s o

f a

par

ticu

lar

pro

fess

ion

.

8.

Pro

fess

ion

al a

ctiv

ity

req

uir

es c

om

ple

te d

evo

tio

n t

o t

he

pro

fess

ion

an

d

ther

efo

re p

rofe

ssio

nal

s m

ust

liv

e fr

om

per

form

ing

th

eir

pro

fess

ion

.

9.

Pro

fess

ion

als

mu

st m

ake

dec

isio

ns

ind

epen

den

tly

(au

ton

om

y),

mu

st

be

dev

ote

d t

o a

cli

ent

(alt

ruis

m)

and

hav

e th

e au

tho

rity

.

Exa

mpl

es o

f exa

m q

uest

ions

1.

Wh

at i

s p

rofe

ssio

nal

ism

?

2.

Lis

t at

lea

st s

even

fu

nd

amen

tal

det

erm

inan

ts o

f p

rofe

ssio

nal

ism

!

3.

Ho

w d

o p

rofe

ssio

nal

s d

iffe

r fr

om

cra

ftsm

en?

4.

Wh

at i

s th

e p

rofe

ssio

nal

mo

no

po

ly?

5.

Wh

at a

re t

he

fun

ctio

ns

of

pro

fess

ion

al a

sso

ciat

ion

s?

6.

Wh

y d

o p

rofe

ssio

nal

s u

se p

rofe

ssio

nal

lan

gu

age?

Giv

e an

ex

amp

le o

f

pro

fess

ional

ter

ms

in t

he

con

stru

ctio

n i

nd

ust

ry!

7.

Wh

at i

s th

e p

rofe

ssio

nal

au

ton

om

y?

8.

Wh

at i

s th

e p

rofe

ssio

nal

au

tho

rity

?

9.

Wh

at i

s th

e p

rofe

ssio

nal

alt

ruis

m?

Giv

e an

ex

amp

le!

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pro

fess

ion

al o

ffic

er w

ho

do

es h

is j

ob

fo

r th

e sa

ke

of

the

ho

mel

and

, th

ereb

y

risk

ing

his

ow

n l

ife.

So

, eg

oti

stic

al b

ehav

ior

and

neg

lect

of

a cl

ien

t is

a

char

acte

rist

ic o

f u

np

rofe

ssio

nal

ism

. O

f co

urs

e, t

he

pro

fess

ion

al h

as t

he

rig

ht

to

char

ge

a cl

ien

t fo

r th

e w

ork

do

ne

- in

acc

ord

ance

wit

h r

ates

set

by

th

e

pro

fess

ion

al c

ham

ber

. B

ut

earn

ing

s co

me

at t

he

end

an

d i

t is

th

e re

sult

of

go

od

wo

rk a

nd

alt

ruis

m,

and

it

is n

ot

an e

xcl

usi

ve

and

so

le o

bje

ctiv

e o

f th

e

pro

fess

ion

al.

Esp

ecia

lly

aty

pic

al f

or

pro

fess

ion

al w

ork

is

the

vio

lati

on

of

eth

ical

sta

nd

ard

s o

f th

e p

rofe

ssio

n i

n o

rder

to

get

so

me

add

itio

nal

pro

fit.

10) P

rofe

ssio

nals

mus

t res

pect

pro

fess

iona

l eth

ics.

Alt

ho

ug

h p

rofe

ssio

nal

eth

ics

is o

ne

of

the

mo

st i

mp

ort

ant

com

po

nen

ts

of

pro

fess

ion

alis

m,

it i

s m

enti

on

ed l

ast,

bec

ause

it

is t

he

sub

ject

of

stu

dy

in

the

foll

ow

ing

ch

apte

rs.

Sum

mar

y

1.

In e

ver

yday

lan

guag

e, t

he

term

pro

fess

ion

al (

as o

pp

ose

d t

o a

mat

eur)

mea

ns

a p

erso

n

wh

o

liv

es

by

p

erfo

rmin

g

an

acti

vit

y.

Th

e te

rm

pro

fess

ion

al i

s sy

no

ny

m f

or

a sp

ecia

list

. H

ow

ever

, so

cio

log

y d

efin

es

pro

fess

ion

alis

m a

s a

pro

fess

ion

th

at i

s b

ased

on

hig

her

ed

uca

tio

n,

and

com

ple

tio

n o

f u

niv

ersi

ty.

2.

Pro

fess

ional

ism

has

ten

maj

or

char

acte

rist

ics:

it

is b

ased

on

th

e h

igh

er

edu

cati

on

an

d

scie

nce

, it

h

as

a m

on

op

oly

, p

rofe

ssio

nal

s h

ave

a

pro

fess

ion

al a

sso

ciat

ion

, it

has

its

ow

n l

ang

uag

e an

d e

thic

s, i

t is

bas

ed

on

th

e au

ton

om

y,

auth

ori

ty a

nd

alt

ruis

m.

In a

dd

itio

n,

the

pro

fess

ion

al

liv

es f

rom

his

/her

ow

n p

rofe

ssio

n.

24

tim

e w

hen

peo

ple

go

to

wo

rk a

nd

ret

urn

fro

m w

ork

. W

ork

ing

at

ho

me

giv

es

a p

erso

n m

ore

tim

e to

be

wit

h t

he

fam

ily

an

d o

ften

pro

vid

es b

ette

r w

ork

ing

atm

osp

her

e th

an i

n t

he

off

ice.

Ho

wev

er,

wo

rkin

g a

t h

om

e h

as i

ts d

raw

bac

ks,

such

as,

fo

r ex

amp

le,

the

lack

of

per

son

al c

on

tact

wit

h o

ther

em

plo

yee

s.

Th

eref

ore

, co

mp

anie

s th

at

allo

w

wo

rk

at

ho

me

usu

ally

re

quir

e th

at

the

emp

loy

ee s

till

co

mes

to

th

e w

ork

pla

ce s

om

e d

ays

in o

rder

to

en

sure

th

e

nec

essa

ry

per

son

al

con

tact

s o

f em

plo

yee

s.

Des

pit

e th

ese

min

or

dis

adv

anta

ges

, it

is

cert

ain

th

at,

in t

he

futu

re,

a tr

end

of

wo

rkin

g a

t h

om

e is

goin

g t

o b

e ev

en m

ore

spre

ad.

1.

More

an

d m

ore

em

plo

yee

s hav

e fl

exib

le w

ork

ing

h

ou

rs.

Sin

ce an

incr

easi

ng

n

um

ber

o

f em

plo

yee

s is

en

gag

ed

in

inte

llec

tual

occ

up

atio

ns,

it

is

n

o lo

ng

er n

eces

sari

ly to

p

resc

rib

e th

eir

wo

rkin

g

ho

urs

fro

m 9

:00

a.m

. to

5:0

0 p

.m.

(or

6:0

0 p

.m.)

. G

iven

th

e fa

ct t

hat

emp

loy

ees

are

asse

ssed

acc

ord

ing

to

th

e w

ork

do

ne,

an

d n

ot

by

th

e

pre

sence

at

the

work

pla

ce,

it i

s lo

gic

al t

hat

they

are

all

ow

ed t

o d

ecid

e

wh

en t

o c

om

e to

wo

rk a

nd

lea

ve

wo

rk,

even

when

they

must

com

e to

the

wo

rkp

lace

.

2.

Th

ere

is a

big

lab

or

mig

rati

on

esp

ecia

lly

fro

m n

on

-dev

elo

ped

co

un

ties

to d

evel

op

ed o

nes

.

3.

En

gli

sh h

as b

eco

me

the

glo

bal

lan

gu

age

of

bu

sin

ess

com

mu

nic

atio

n

and

k

no

wle

dg

e o

f th

is

lan

gu

age

bec

om

es

alm

ost

n

eces

sary

pre

con

dit

ion

fo

r g

etti

ng

a w

ell-

pai

d j

ob

in

th

e er

a o

f g

lob

aliz

atio

n.

4.

Th

e m

anu

fact

uri

ng

p

roce

ss

is

tran

sfer

red

to

d

evel

op

ing

co

un

trie

s

wh

ere

lab

or

is c

hea

per

. W

hat

dev

elo

ped

co

un

trie

s se

ll a

re "

bra

nd

s".

Fo

r ex

amp

le,

Nik

e sh

oes

ar

e m

anu

fact

ure

d in

A

sia,

b

ut

the

pro

fit

rem

ain

s in

th

e co

mp

any

th

at o

wn

s th

is b

ran

d o

f sn

eak

ers.

Of

cou

rse,

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25

in o

rder

fo

r su

ch a

ty

pe

of

org

aniz

atio

n t

o o

per

ate

succ

essf

ull

y,

it i

s

esse

nti

al t

o h

ave

a g

oo

d m

ark

etin

g t

hat

po

pu

lari

ze t

he

"bra

nd

", a

nd

the

nee

d

to

stim

ula

te

con

sum

ers

to

bu

y

the

pro

du

cts

of

larg

e

inte

rnat

ion

al

com

pan

ies

(Co

ca-C

ola

is

a

gre

at

exam

ple

of

such

mar

ket

ing

).

Ho

wev

er,

it i

s im

po

rtan

t to

no

te t

hat

wit

h t

hes

e re

lati

vel

y p

osi

tiv

e

ten

den

cies

in

co

nte

mp

ora

ry w

ork

, th

ere

are

also

man

y n

egat

ive

asp

ects

. F

or

exam

ple

, th

e n

um

ber

of

peo

ple

wh

o h

ave

a st

ead

y j

ob

is

red

uci

ng

in

th

e

wo

rld

. In

dev

elo

ped

co

un

trie

s, t

he

nu

mb

er o

f w

ork

ing

ho

urs

per

yea

r is

incr

easi

ng a

s w

ell

as t

he

tim

e it

tak

es t

o a

rriv

e at

wo

rk.

It s

ou

nd

s al

mo

st

un

bel

iev

able

, b

ut

acco

rdin

g

to

the

Wo

rld

W

ork

O

rgan

izat

ion

ar

ou

nd

2

mil

lio

n p

eop

le d

ie a

t th

e w

ork

pla

ce e

ver

y y

ear!

12

An

d s

lav

ery

sti

ll e

xis

ts.

Th

us,

fo

r ex

amp

le,

in 2

00

3 t

he

sale

of

74

chil

dre

n w

as d

isco

ver

ed.

Th

eir

par

ents

so

ld t

hem

at

a p

rice

of

40

do

llar

s p

er

chil

d.

Th

irte

en c

hil

dre

n f

rom

th

at g

rou

p d

ied

fro

m m

aln

utr

itio

n a

nd

dis

ease

.

Th

ere

is a

n i

nti

mid

atin

g f

act

that

358

ric

hes

t p

eop

le i

n t

he

wo

rld

ear

n

mo

re

than

th

ree

bil

lio

n

peo

ple

w

ho

ar

e th

e p

oo

rest

. T

his

m

ean

s th

at

a

mem

ber

of

the

firs

t g

rou

p e

arns

10 m

illi

on t

imes

mo

re t

han

th

e m

emb

er o

f

the

seco

nd

g

rou

p,

wit

h

a te

nd

ency

o

f ev

en

furt

her

in

crea

se

of

soci

al

dif

fere

nce

s.13

To

day

, w

hil

e h

alf

of

the

wo

rld

's p

op

ula

tio

n l

ives

on

les

s th

an 2

.5

do

llar

s a

day

, a

Jap

anes

e fa

rmer

get

s a

stat

e su

bsi

dy

fo

r ea

ch c

ow

at

the

amo

un

t o

f $

7 a

day

.14

12 G

rint,

op. ci

t., p. 314.

13 R

einic

ke,

Wolf

gan

g H

., 1

998,

Glo

bal P

ublic

Pol

icy:

Gov

erni

ng w

ithou

t G

over

nmen

t? B

roo

kin

g I

nst

itu

tio

n P

ress

, W

ash

ing

ton

D.C

., p

. 4

.

14 G

rint,

op. ci

t., p. 375.

10

8

8) A

pro

fess

iona

l mus

t hav

e au

thor

ity

Pro

fess

ion

al's

kn

ow

led

ge

is a

so

urc

e o

f p

rofe

ssio

nal

au

tho

rity

. F

or

exam

ple

, w

hen

a c

lien

t co

mes

to

a l

awy

er,

he

has

a c

erta

in a

mo

un

t o

f aw

e

bec

ause

he

bel

iev

es t

hat

th

e la

wy

er w

ill

succ

essf

ull

y d

efen

d h

im i

n c

ou

rt.

Ho

wev

er,

any

pro

fess

ion

al i

s o

bli

gat

ed t

o t

ake

care

of

his

/her

ow

n a

uth

ori

ty.

A

pro

fess

or

mu

st

mai

nta

in

dis

cip

lin

e in

th

e cl

assr

oo

m

bec

ause

it

is

a

pre

req

uis

ite

for

all

the

stu

den

ts

to

no

rmal

ly

foll

ow

th

e le

ctu

re.

A

civ

il

eng

inee

r m

ust

ref

use

lay

man

wh

o,

bec

ause

of

his

ow

n s

elf-

inte

rest

, su

gg

ests

no

t st

ick

ing

en

tire

ly

to

bu

ild

ing

re

gu

lati

on

s.

Th

e d

oct

or,

w

ho

h

as

bee

n

insu

lted

by

th

e p

atie

nt,

has

th

e ri

gh

t o

r ev

en o

bli

gat

ion

, to

ter

min

ate

the

trea

tmen

t o

f su

ch a

pat

ien

t an

d r

efer

th

e p

atie

nt

to c

ho

ose

an

oth

er d

oct

or.

40

So

, to

su

cces

sfu

lly

car

ryin

g o

ut

acti

vit

ies,

th

e p

rofe

ssio

nal

s m

ust

kee

p t

hei

r

pro

fess

ion

al a

uth

ori

ty.

9) A

pro

fess

iona

l mus

t be

an a

ltrui

st.

On

e o

f th

e im

po

rtan

t ch

arac

teri

stic

s of

pro

fess

ional

ism

is

altr

uis

m.

Th

is m

ean

s th

at t

o a

pro

fess

ion

al a

cli

ent's

in

tere

st m

ust

co

me

firs

t. T

hu

s, a

civ

il en

gin

eer

wh

o m

akes

a

dra

ft o

f a

ho

use

m

ust

m

ake

ever

y ef

fort

to

sati

sfy

th

e cu

sto

mer

. H

e sh

ou

ld t

ry a

s if

he

was

mak

ing

a d

raft

of

his

ow

n

ho

use

. P

erh

aps

the

bes

t ex

amp

le o

f p

rofe

ssio

nal

alt

ruis

m w

ou

ld b

e a

do

cto

r

wh

o i

s tr

eati

ng

pat

ien

ts w

ith

in

fect

iou

s d

isea

ses.

Th

e d

oct

or

is o

bli

ged

to

ris

k

his

/her

ow

n h

ealt

h,

even

lif

e, t

o s

ave

the

pat

ient.

A s

imil

ar e

xam

ple

is

a

40 E

xce

pti

ons

are

men

tall

y i

ll a

nd d

yin

g p

atie

nts

, w

ho b

ecau

se o

f th

e se

ver

ity o

f th

eir

ow

n m

enta

l co

nd

itio

n a

re o

ften

un

able

to c

ontr

ol

thei

r beh

avio

r. T

her

efore

, th

e doct

or

does

not

hav

e th

e ri

ght

to r

efuse

furt

her

tre

atm

ent

of

thes

e pat

ients

(fo

r m

ore

d

etai

ls s

ee i

tem

"d

eon

tolo

gy

, m

edic

al"

in C

roat

ian

Med

ical

En

cycl

op

edia

).

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107

un

iver

sity

. A

dd

itio

nal

ly,

a p

rofe

ssio

nal

co

mm

itm

ent

is

expec

ted

from

a

pro

fess

ion

al.

In o

ther

wo

rds,

to

a p

rofe

ssio

nal

, a

job w

ould

hav

e to

be

not

on

ly a

so

urc

e o

f in

com

e b

ut

also

a h

ob

by

, in

ter

ms

of

sati

sfac

tio

n w

ith

his

/her

work

. A

t th

e sa

me

tim

e, s

ince

to

day

it

is v

ery

dif

ficu

lt t

o f

oll

ow

th

e

pac

e o

f p

rog

ress

of

mo

der

n s

cien

ce,

if a

per

son i

s only

ded

icat

ed t

o h

is

pro

fess

ion

an

d i

f o

ne

do

es n

ot

was

te t

ime

do

ing

so

me

oth

er t

hin

gs,

th

en a

pro

fess

ional

is

ab

le

to

be

const

antl

y

info

rmed

o

f n

ew

dev

elo

pm

ents

in

his

/her

pro

fess

ion

an

d a

pp

ly t

hes

e ac

hie

vem

ents

in

his

/her

ow

n w

ork

. O

f

cou

rse,

to

mak

e su

ch a

pro

fess

ion

al c

om

mit

men

t p

oss

ible

, th

e p

rofe

ssio

nal

mu

st b

e w

ell

pai

d f

or

his

wo

rk.

7) P

rofe

ssio

nals

mus

t be

auto

nom

ous.

O

ne

of

the

imp

ort

ant

char

acte

rist

ics

of

pro

fess

ion

alis

m i

s au

ton

om

y,

wh

ich

m

ean

s th

at

"pro

fess

ion

als

ind

epen

den

tly

as

sess

an

d

dec

ide

wh

at

know

ledge

and t

echniq

ues

wil

l be

appli

ed t

o s

olv

e a

pro

ble

m i

n t

hei

r w

ork

."

Als

o,

on

ly a

pro

fess

ion

al s

ho

uld

ev

alu

ate

the

wo

rk o

f o

ther

pro

fess

ion

als.

Th

us,

th

e p

atie

nt

may

be

un

hap

py

wit

h t

he

way

the

doct

or

trea

ted h

im a

nd

sue

him

, b

ut

the

exp

erti

se

wh

eth

er

on

e w

as

trea

ted

ad

equ

atel

y

and

in

acco

rdan

ce w

ith

th

e ru

les

of

trea

tmen

t (l

ege

arti

s) c

an o

nly

be

asse

ssed

by

med

ical

co

mm

issi

on

. O

nly

th

e p

rofe

sso

rs c

an a

sses

s w

het

her

th

eir

coll

eag

ue

gav

e a

fair

mar

k t

o a

stu

den

t w

ho

has

pre

vio

usl

y c

om

pla

ined

about

it.

If t

he

bu

ild

ing

coll

apse

s d

uri

ng

th

e ea

rth

qu

ake,

th

en c

ivil

en

gin

eers

can

ass

ess

the

wo

rk o

f th

eir

coll

eag

ue

and

co

ncl

ud

e w

het

her

it

coll

apse

d b

ecau

se i

t w

as

bu

ilt

by

an

en

gin

eer

neg

lig

entl

y s

ince

he

was

ste

alin

g c

emen

t o

r b

ecau

se t

he

qu

ake

was

to

o s

tro

ng

.

26

As

a re

sult

o

f th

e sp

read

o

f A

IDS

, li

fe

exp

ecta

ncy

in

B

ots

wan

a

dro

pp

ed f

rom

61

in

19

67

to

on

ly 3

8 i

n 1

99

9.

In S

ou

th A

fric

a it

fel

l fr

om

63

in 1

99

2 t

o 4

8 i

n 1

99

9.1

5

Yet

, w

hen

w

e lo

ok

at

lo

ng

-ter

m

tren

ds,

th

ere

is

mo

re

reas

on

fo

r

opti

mis

m t

han

pes

sim

ism

. O

ver

the

pas

t 2

00

yea

rs t

he

stan

dar

d o

f li

vin

g h

as

a co

nst

ant

ten

den

cy

to

incr

ease

. O

ne

tiny

det

ail,

w

hic

h

Hal

adin

st

ates

(19

93

.),

illu

stra

tes

wel

l th

is f

act:

"A

hu

nd

red

yea

rs a

go

a w

ealt

hy

wo

man

wo

uld

bri

ng

a d

ow

ry w

hen

sh

e g

ot

mar

ried

, an

d t

hat

in

clu

ded

fiv

e d

ress

es

that

sh

e w

ore

to

dea

th.

To

day

, w

hat

gir

l co

uld

ev

en i

mag

ine

such

a t

hin

g?"

16

Or

som

e o

ther

dat

a: i

n 1

92

0 t

he

life

ex

pec

tan

cy i

n t

he

U.S

. w

as 5

4

yea

rs

(at

that

ti

me

it

was

th

e h

igh

est

in

the

wo

rld

),

wh

erea

s to

day

th

e

aver

age

life

ex

pec

tan

cy i

n J

apan

is

85

yea

rs (

in M

on

aco

90

yea

rs!)

. S

o,

this

sho

ws

that

in

th

e p

ast

nin

ety

yea

rs t

he

life

sp

an,

in d

evel

op

ed c

ou

ntr

ies,

is

exte

nd

ed f

or

thir

ty y

ears

. If

th

e tr

end

co

nti

nu

es,

we

can

ex

pec

t th

at a

t th

e

end o

f th

is c

entu

ry,

the

aver

age

life

ex

pec

tan

cy i

n m

ost

dev

elo

ped

co

un

trie

s

wil

l am

ou

nt

to a

hu

nd

red

yea

rs.

Th

is b

rief

rev

iew

of

the

his

tory

of

hu

man

lab

or

and

its

im

pac

t o

n s

oci

ety

is

sho

win

g a

co

nst

ant

ten

den

cy o

f p

rog

ress

,

esp

ecia

lly

in

th

e la

st t

wo

cen

turi

es.

Sum

mar

y

1.

His

tory

of

wo

rk c

an b

e d

ivid

ed i

nto

thre

e per

iods:

Epoch

of

Tools

,

Ind

ust

rial

Ag

e an

d P

ost

ind

ust

rial

Ag

e.

15 T

he

Worl

d B

ank,

Worl

d D

evel

opm

ent

Indic

ators

, 2001.

CD

-rom

. W

ashin

gto

n

D.C

.:

16 H

alad

in, op. ci

t., p. 272.

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2.

Th

e E

po

ch o

f T

oo

ls c

an b

e d

ivid

ed i

nto

th

e P

aleo

lith

ic,

Neo

lith

ic,

An

cien

t P

erio

d,

Mid

dle

Ag

es a

nd

Mo

der

n A

ge

(th

e p

erio

d f

rom

th

e

16

th t

o 1

8th

cen

tury

). I

n e

ach

of

thes

e p

erio

ds

som

e p

rog

ress

was

mad

e in

th

e d

evel

op

men

t o

f te

chn

iqu

es a

nd

wo

rk o

rgan

izat

ion

(w

ith

the

exce

pti

on

of

the

Mid

dle

Ag

es i

n E

uro

pe)

.

3.

Th

e ep

och

of

craf

t is

ch

arac

teri

zed

by

th

e u

se o

f h

and

mad

e to

ols

, a

smal

l n

um

ber

of

wo

rker

s, a

nd

a w

ork

per

pie

ce f

or

fam

ou

s cl

ien

ts.

4.

Th

e F

irst

In

du

stri

al

Rev

olu

tio

n

beg

an

in

17

85

an

d

the

seco

nd

in

18

70

.Th

e In

du

stri

al A

ge,

th

ank

s to

th

e d

ivis

ion

of

labor

and t

he

use

of

a m

ovin

g a

ssem

bly

, m

ade

mas

s p

rod

uct

ion

po

ssib

le.

5.

In

the

org

aniz

atio

n

of

wo

rk

of

the

Ind

ust

rial

A

ge

ther

e w

as

a

max

imu

m

sim

pli

fica

tio

n

of

the

wo

rk

pro

ced

ure

. E

xp

erti

se

of

emp

loy

ees

at t

he

mo

vin

g a

ssem

bly

was

on

th

e lo

wer

lev

el t

han

th

e

exp

erti

se o

f fo

rmer

cra

ftsm

en.

A s

tric

t d

ivis

ion

bet

wee

n m

anu

al a

nd

inte

llec

tual

wo

rk w

as c

reat

ed.

A m

anu

al w

ork

er b

eco

mes

an

ex

ten

sio

n

of

the

mac

hin

e.

6.

Th

e P

ost

ind

ust

rial

Ag

e b

egan

in

th

e 2

0th

cen

tury

in

th

e fi

ftie

s an

d

last

ed u

nti

l th

e p

rese

nt

tim

e.

7.

Th

e m

ost

sig

nif

ican

t in

ven

tio

ns

that

en

able

d t

he

Po

stin

du

stri

al A

ge

wer

e:

the

pro

du

ctio

n

of

the

firs

t n

ucl

ear

reac

tor

(19

42

),

the

con

stru

ctio

n o

f th

e fi

rst

com

pu

ters

(1

94

6),

th

e in

tro

du

ctio

n o

f ro

bo

ts

in t

he

pro

du

ctio

n a

nd

th

e d

isco

ver

y o

f th

e In

tern

et (

19

69

).

8.

In t

he

Po

stin

du

stri

al A

ge

ther

e is

a s

cien

tifi

c an

d t

ech

nic

al r

evo

luti

on

.

Wh

ile

the

tert

iary

sec

tor

is e

xp

and

ing

, th

e n

um

ber

of

peo

ple

em

plo

yed

in a

gri

cult

ure

an

d i

nd

ust

ry i

s re

du

cin

g.

An

oth

er i

mp

ort

ant

tren

d i

s th

e

10

6

may

not

be

able

to c

om

pre

hen

d e

ach o

ther

in

dir

ect

con

tact

. T

hat

is

wh

y

do

cto

rs,

by

usi

ng

th

eir

pro

fess

ion

al L

atin

lan

gu

age,

can

eas

ily

un

der

stan

d

the

dia

gn

osi

s o

f a

pat

ien

t.

Th

e n

ext

fun

ctio

n o

f th

e p

rofe

ssio

nal

la

ng

uag

e is

to

cr

eate

co

hes

ion

amo

ng

m

emb

ers

of

the

pro

fess

ion

. B

y

usi

ng

p

rofe

ssio

nal

la

ng

uag

e,

un

der

stan

dab

le o

nly

to

th

em,

they

sh

ow

th

eir

affi

liat

ion

to

a p

rofe

ssio

nal

gro

up

, w

hic

h

crea

tes

a se

nse

o

f "u

s,"

or

a se

nse

o

f co

nn

ecti

on

w

ith

in

pro

fess

ion

al g

rou

ps.

Th

at f

eeli

ng

als

o c

reat

es a

cer

tain

am

ou

nt

of

dis

tan

ce

tow

ard

s th

e "o

ther

s" w

ho

ar

e th

e la

ym

en (a

mat

eurs

). U

sin

g p

rofe

ssio

nal

lan

gu

age

can

hav

e a

neg

ativ

e ef

fect

bec

ause

, fo

r ex

amp

le,

the

pat

ien

t m

igh

t

no

t u

nd

erst

and

wh

at d

isea

se h

is d

oct

or

dia

gn

ose

d.

Ho

wev

er,

such

a s

itu

atio

n

can

hav

e p

osi

tiv

e co

nse

quen

ces,

bec

ause

, ac

cord

ing

to Š

po

rer

(19

90

), "

this

mis

un

der

stan

din

g g

ives

ho

pe

to t

he

laym

en t

hat

do

cto

rs o

ften

kn

ow

mo

re

than

th

ey r

eall

y d

o."

39

We

hav

e co

me

to t

he

last

fu

nct

ion

of

pro

fess

ion

al l

ang

uag

e, a

nd

th

at i

s

kee

pin

g t

he

monopoly

. P

reci

sely

bec

ause

th

e la

ym

an i

s n

ot

on

ly a

ble

to

do

som

e co

mp

lica

ted

co

nst

ruct

ion

pro

ject

bu

t h

e is

als

o n

ot

cap

able

to

pro

per

ly

read

th

e d

raft

-

bec

ause

h

e d

oes

n

ot

kn

ow

al

l th

e sy

mb

ols

u

sed

b

y

con

stru

ctio

n w

ork

ers

– a

pro

fess

ion

al f

urt

her

en

sure

s th

at n

o o

ne

ou

tsid

e th

e

pro

fess

ion

, ca

n d

o h

is w

ork

.

6) A

pro

fess

iona

l liv

es b

y ex

erci

sing

his

/her

pro

fess

ion.

We

hav

e al

read

y s

tate

d t

hat

th

e fe

atu

re o

f a

pro

fess

ion

al i

s th

at o

ne'

s

edu

cati

on

an

d t

he

wo

rkp

lace

mat

ch.

Th

us,

th

e p

rofe

ssio

nal

may

be

the

on

ly

per

son

wh

o p

erfo

rms

a p

rofe

ssio

n f

or

wh

ich

he/

she

was

ed

uca

ted

at

the

39 I

bid

, p. 22.

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a v

ery

hig

h q

ual

ity

and

in

acc

ord

ance

wit

h t

he

eth

ical

sta

nd

ard

s o

f th

e

pro

fess

ion

.

5.

To

en

sure

th

at t

he

wo

rk i

s in

acc

ord

ance

wit

h t

he

eth

ical

sta

nd

ard

s o

f

the

pro

fess

ion

, th

e p

rofe

ssio

nal

as

soci

atio

n

bri

ng

s et

hic

s o

f th

e

pro

fess

ion

an

d t

akes

car

e o

f th

e im

ple

men

tati

on

of

them

, w

hic

h i

s th

e

them

e o

f th

e n

ext

chap

ter.

5) T

he p

rofe

ssio

nals

hav

e th

eir

own

lang

uage

.

Ev

ery

pro

fess

ion

has

its

ow

n p

rofe

ssio

nal

ter

min

olo

gy

- a

pro

fess

ion

al

lan

gu

age.

A

fter

al

l,

stu

dy

ing

is

la

rgel

y

just

le

arn

ing

th

e la

ng

uag

e.

Pro

fess

ion

al

lan

gu

age

has

m

ult

iple

fu

nct

ion

s.

Fir

stly

, it

al

low

s ea

sier

com

mu

nic

atio

n b

etw

een

pro

fess

ion

als

and s

aves

tim

e. F

or

exam

ple

, if

the

po

liti

cal

scie

nti

st sa

ys

to h

is co

llea

gu

e: "B

osn

ian

el

ecti

on

s ar

e b

ased

o

n

con

soci

atio

nal

dem

ocr

acy,"

37

the

oth

er

par

ty

wil

l u

nd

erst

and

w

hat

h

is

coll

eag

ue

wan

ts t

o s

ay.

If t

he

pro

fess

ion

al w

as s

pea

kin

g t

o a

per

son

wh

o i

s

no

t a

po

liti

cal

scie

nti

st,

he

wo

uld

hav

e to

ex

pre

ss h

imse

lf d

iffe

ren

tly

an

d

"sp

end

" a

lot

mo

re w

ord

s so

th

at t

he

oth

er p

arty

co

uld

un

der

stan

d h

im.

As

Hu

dso

n

stat

es,

"ev

ery

p

rofe

ssio

n

nec

essa

rily

h

as

its

ow

n

term

ino

log

y,

wit

ho

ut

wh

ich

it

s m

emb

ers

can

nei

ther

expre

ss th

emse

lves

nor

can th

ey

thin

k."

38

Sec

on

dly

, th

e p

rofe

ssio

nal

lan

gu

age

allo

ws

inte

rnat

ion

al c

om

mu

nic

atio

n

of

pro

fess

ion

als.

If

a C

roat

ian

mat

hem

atic

ian

pro

ves

a t

heo

rem

, C

hin

ese

and

Jap

anes

e m

ath

emat

icia

ns

wil

l b

e ab

le t

o u

nd

erst

and

his

pro

of,

wh

ich

wil

l b

e

wri

tten

wit

h m

ath

emat

ical

sy

mb

ols

, w

ith

ou

t a

pro

ble

m,

even

th

ou

gh

th

ey

37 I

n s

hort

, co

nso

ciat

ional

dem

ocr

acy i

s bas

ed o

n c

onse

nsu

s an

d a

gre

emen

t, r

ather

th

an o

utv

oti

ng a

nd d

ecis

ions

by a

sim

ple

maj

ori

ty.

38 Q

uo

ted

in

ib

id.,

p.

22

.

28

tren

d o

f p

rod

uct

ion

au

tom

atio

n a

nd

th

e in

crea

sin

g t

ren

d o

f fe

mal

e

emp

loy

men

t.

9.

Glo

bal

izat

ion

is

a p

roce

ss t

hat

mar

ked

th

e la

st t

wen

ty y

ears

. It

lea

ds

to

furt

her

ch

ang

es

in

the

fiel

d

of

work

: w

ork

at

hom

e,

incr

ease

d

mig

rati

on

o

f th

e p

op

ula

tio

n,

rep

lace

men

t o

f m

anu

al

wo

rk

wit

h

inte

llec

tual

, et

c.

10

. T

he

gen

eral

te

nd

ency

in

so

ciet

y,

tho

ug

h

wit

h

man

y

neg

ativ

e

ph

eno

men

a,

is

the

ten

den

cy

to

incr

ease

th

e q

ual

ity

o

f w

ork

(t

he

pre

val

ence

of

inte

llec

tual

lab

or)

, st

and

ard

s o

f li

vin

g a

nd

pro

lon

gin

g

the

life

of

the

po

pu

lati

on

.

Exa

mpl

es o

f exa

m q

uest

ion

1.

Wh

at a

re t

he

per

iod

s in

th

e h

isto

ry o

f la

bo

r?

2.

What

is

the

Pal

eoli

thic

and w

hat

is

the

dom

inan

t fo

rm o

f w

ork

in

th

is

per

iod

?

3.

Wh

at a

re t

he

bas

ic c

har

acte

rist

ics

of

the

Ep

och

of

To

ols

?

4.

Wh

en d

id T

he

Ind

ust

rial

Rev

olu

tio

n o

ccu

r? W

hic

h i

nv

enti

on

mad

e it

po

ssib

le?

5.

Wh

at a

re t

he

bas

ic c

har

acte

rist

ics

of

the

Ind

ust

rial

Ag

e?

6.

Wh

at a

re t

he

mai

n f

eatu

res

of

the

Po

st-I

nd

ust

rial

Ag

e?

7.

Ho

w d

id th

e P

ost

-In

du

stri

al A

ge

affe

ct th

e d

aily

li

fe o

f m

an?

Set

exam

ple

s to

c

orr

ob

ora

te t

he

answ

ers!

8.

Wh

at i

s g

lob

aliz

atio

n?

9.

Wh

at a

re t

he

mai

n c

har

acte

rist

ics

of

glo

bal

izat

ion

?

10

. W

hat

was

th

e re

lati

on

ship

of

chan

ges

in

th

e fi

eld

of

wo

rk a

nd

so

ciet

y?

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3.

Cla

ssic

al T

heor

ies o

f the

Org

aniz

atio

n of

Wor

k

Wil

l a

firs

t-cl

ass

wo

rker

do

mo

re w

ork

a d

ay w

ith

a l

oad

of

sho

vel

s w

hic

h w

eig

h 5

po

un

ds,

10

po

un

ds,

15

po

un

ds,

20

, 2

5,

30

or

40

po

un

ds?

T

his

q

ues

tio

n

can

b

e an

swer

ed

on

ly

afte

r ca

refu

lly

co

nd

uct

ed

exp

erim

ents

...

Th

e w

eig

ht

was

gra

dual

ly c

han

ged

and t

he

condit

ions

un

der

wh

ich

wo

rker

s w

ork

ed w

ere

care

full

y o

bse

rved

fo

r a

few

wee

ks.

P

eop

le w

ho

wer

e d

oin

g t

his

ex

per

imen

t w

ere

ver

y s

kil

led

res

earc

her

s.

Th

ey

con

clu

ded

th

at

the

firs

t-cl

ass

wo

rker

ca

n

achie

ve

the

hig

hes

t p

erfo

rman

ce

wh

en

the

sho

vel

w

eig

hs

abo

ut

21

p

ou

nd

s (1

0

kg

).

(Win

slo

w F

red

eric

k T

aylo

r)

Prec

urso

rs o

f the

theo

ry o

f wor

k or

gani

zatio

n

Alt

ho

ug

h t

he

per

iod

of

the

mo

st a

nci

ent

civ

iliz

atio

ns,

su

ch a

s E

gy

pt

and

B

aby

lon

, d

id

no

t p

rese

rve

wo

rks

that

sp

ecif

ical

ly

dea

lt

wit

h

the

org

aniz

atio

n o

f w

ork

, th

e q

ual

ity

of

buil

din

gs

that

appea

red i

n t

hose

tim

es

ind

icat

es t

hat

th

ese

civ

iliz

atio

ns

ado

pte

d a

ver

y h

igh

lev

el o

f o

rgan

izat

ion

of

wo

rk.

Th

e fi

rst

ori

gin

al r

eco

rds

abo

ut

the

org

aniz

atio

n o

f so

ciet

y a

re t

aken

fro

m H

amm

ura

bi's

Co

de

of

Law

s (a

bo

ut

17

00

BC

).17 F

rom

An

cien

t G

reec

e

com

es K

sen

ofo

nt's

wri

tin

g "

Oec

on

om

icu

s"18 w

hic

h g

ives

ad

vic

e ab

ou

t th

e

org

aniz

atio

n o

f w

ork

in

th

e h

ou

seh

old

. In

an

cien

t R

om

e, C

ato

n a

nd

Vo

ron

pro

vid

e ru

les

for

the

man

agem

ent

of

esta

tes.

Fro

m t

he

Mid

dle

Ag

es t

her

e is

no

men

tio

n o

f v

alu

able

tex

ts a

bo

ut

wo

rk.

Ho

wev

er,

du

rin

g t

he

Ren

aiss

ance

,

Leo

nar

do

da

Vin

ci (

14

52

- 1

51

9)

dea

lt w

ith

, am

on

g o

ther

th

ing

s, p

lann

ing

17 A

bout

firs

t old

est

work

s in

the

fiel

d o

f w

ork

org

aniz

atio

n s

ee S

ikav

ica,

Per

e an

d M

ijo N

ovak

, 1993,

Busi

ness

Org

aniz

atio

n, I

nfo

rmat

or,

Zag

reb, pp. 42-3

. 1

8 T

he

ver

y w

ord

eco

no

my

co

mes

fro

m t

wo G

reek

word

s: o

ikos

= h

ouse

and

no

mo

s =

law

. In

oth

er w

ord

s, o

rig

inal

ly e

con

om

y m

eant

to b

ring o

rder

to t

he

house

hold

, m

anag

ing

th

e h

ou

seh

old

.

10

4

4) P

rofe

ssio

nals

hav

e th

eir

own

asso

ciat

ions

.

We

hav

e al

read

y

stat

ed

that

o

ne

of

the

fun

ctio

ns

of

pro

fess

ion

al

asso

ciat

ion

s is

to

d

efen

d

mo

no

po

ly.

Ho

wev

er,

ther

e ar

e m

any

o

ther

fun

ctio

ns

of

thes

e as

soci

atio

ns,

of

wh

ich

th

e m

ost

im

po

rtan

t ar

e:

1.

Pro

fess

ion

al

asso

ciat

ion

s co

ntr

ol

acce

ss

to

the

pro

fess

ion

. T

hes

e

asso

ciat

ion

s sh

ou

ld g

uar

ante

e th

at a

ll t

hei

r m

emb

ers

fin

ish

ed c

oll

ege,

pas

sed

the

exam

an

d

met

oth

er

con

dit

ion

s re

qu

ired

fo

r th

e

per

form

ance

of

pro

fess

ion

al s

erv

ices

.

2.

Pro

fess

ion

al

asso

ciat

ion

s su

per

vis

e th

e ex

per

tise

an

d

trai

nin

g

of

pro

fess

ion

als.

Fo

r so

meo

ne

to b

e a

pro

fess

ion

al,

it i

s n

ot

eno

ug

h t

o

finis

h

coll

ege,

but

one

must

sh

ow

in

p

ract

ice

that

o

ne

is

able

to

per

form

his

pro

fess

ion

leg

e ar

tis

(in

acc

ord

ance

wit

h t

he

rule

s o

f th

e

pro

fess

ion

). T

her

efo

re,

afte

r re

ceiv

ing

a n

ew m

emb

er,

a p

rofe

ssio

nal

asso

ciat

ion m

ust

conti

nue

to m

on

ito

r h

is/h

er w

ork

. T

his

is

nec

essa

ry

esp

ecia

lly

to

day

, w

hen

th

ere

is a

n o

ng

oin

g p

rofe

ssio

nal

dev

elo

pm

ent,

and

p

rofe

ssio

nal

as

soci

atio

ns

con

tro

l if

th

eir

mem

ber

s fo

llo

w

the

pro

gre

ss i

n t

hei

r p

rofe

ssio

ns.

3.

To

be

able

to

acc

om

pli

sh t

hes

e fu

nct

ion

s, p

rofe

ssio

nal

ass

oci

atio

ns

mu

st o

rgan

ize

per

man

ent

edu

cati

on

, fi

nan

ce a

nd

sti

mu

late

sci

enti

fic

wo

rk

of

pro

fess

ion

als

and

en

able

th

e ex

chan

ge

of

scie

nti

fic

kn

ow

led

ge.

4.

Pro

fess

ion

al a

sso

ciat

ion

s ar

e fi

gh

tin

g f

or

the

eco

no

mic

in

tere

sts

of

mem

ber

s o

f th

eir

ow

n

pro

fess

ion

. T

her

efo

re,

they

tr

y

to

ensu

re

adeq

uat

e ta

riff

s fo

r p

rov

idin

g

pro

fess

ion

al

serv

ices

. T

hu

s,

the

pro

fess

ion

al

asso

ciat

ion

sh

ou

ld

tak

e ca

re

that

th

e w

ork

o

f th

e

pro

fess

ion

als

is w

ell-

pai

d,

bu

t al

so t

hat

th

e w

ork

of

pro

fess

ion

als

is o

f

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do

an

y h

arm

si

nce

an

un

edu

cate

d "

surg

eon

" w

ou

ld p

rob

ably

kil

l h

is p

atie

nt,

an

un

edu

cate

d

bu

ild

er

of

dam

s co

uld

ca

use

a

flo

od

w

ith

ca

tast

rop

hic

pro

po

rtio

ns.

So

, so

ciet

y

ben

efit

s fr

om

mo

no

po

le b

ecau

se i

t en

sure

s th

at t

he

dem

and

ing

tas

ks

are

per

form

ed b

y p

erso

ns

wh

o a

re q

ual

ifie

d t

o d

o t

hem

.

Ho

wev

er,

pro

fess

ion

als

also

b

enef

it

of

hav

ing

a

mo

no

po

ly

them

selv

es

bec

ause

th

e st

ate

ensu

res

that

th

ere

is

no

co

mp

etit

ion

fr

om

n

on

-

pro

fess

ion

als.

T

her

efo

re,

the

Med

ical

C

ham

ber

p

rev

ents

q

uas

i d

oct

ors

to

pra

ctic

e m

edic

ine,

an

d t

he

bar

pre

ven

ts p

erso

ns

wh

o h

ave

no

t co

mp

lete

d l

aw

sch

oo

l an

d h

ave

no

t p

asse

d t

he

bar

ex

am t

o e

arn

mo

ney

fro

m d

efen

din

g

som

ebo

dy

in

co

urt

. In

oth

er w

ord

s, p

rofe

ssio

nal

ass

oci

atio

ns,

wit

h t

he

hel

p

of

a o

f st

ate,

pre

ven

t am

ateu

rs t

o w

ork

an

d c

har

ge

serv

ices

th

at c

an o

nly

be

pro

vid

ed

by

p

rofe

ssio

nal

s.

Ho

wev

er,

in

ord

er

for

pro

fess

ion

als

to

tru

ly

just

ify

th

eir

mo

no

po

ly,

they

mu

st t

ake

care

th

at t

he

rig

ht

to h

ave

a m

on

op

oly

is r

eser

ved

on

ly f

or

tho

se p

erso

ns

wh

o a

re a

ble

to

wo

rk p

rofe

ssio

nal

ly.

In

oth

er w

ord

s, t

he

task

of

the

pro

fess

ion

al a

sso

ciat

ion

s (s

ee n

ext

par

agra

ph

) is

to e

lim

inat

e th

ose

mem

ber

s w

ho

eit

her

do

no

t h

ave

the

exp

erti

se o

r d

o n

ot

resp

ect

the

pri

nci

ple

s o

f p

rofe

ssio

nal

eth

ics.

So

, if

a c

ivil

engin

eer

mak

es a

n

inco

rrec

t st

ruct

ura

l an

aly

sis

and

th

e b

rid

ge

coll

apse

s,

a p

rofe

ssio

nal

asso

ciat

ion

sh

ou

ld t

ake

away

his

lic

ense

so

th

at h

e ca

nn

ot

carr

y o

ut

furt

her

wo

rk.

Th

e sa

me

pen

alty

sh

ou

ld b

e im

po

sed i

f th

e ci

vil

engin

eer

rece

ives

a

bri

be

or

bec

om

es c

orr

up

ted

. T

hu

s, p

rofe

ssio

nal

s h

ave

the

rig

ht

to h

ave

a

mo

no

po

ly,

bu

t th

ey s

ho

uld

als

o c

on

stan

tly j

ust

ify t

hei

r ri

ght

to a

monopoly

wit

h t

he

resu

lts

of

thei

r w

ork

. M

on

op

oly

is

a p

riv

ileg

e, b

ut

it i

s al

so a

n

ob

lig

atio

n.

30

and

rat

ion

aliz

atio

n o

f w

ork

. A

t th

e tu

rn o

f th

e 1

6th

in

17

th c

entu

ry,

Gal

ileo

Gal

ilei

ex

plo

red

th

e im

pac

t o

f fa

tig

ue

on

th

e re

du

ctio

n o

f w

ork

ing

ab

ilit

y,

and

at

the

turn

of

the

17

th i

n 1

8th

Cen

tury

Mar

shal

Vo

ban

an

aly

zed

th

e

impac

t of

work

ers

in p

erfo

rman

ce o

f ea

rth

wo

rk.

Ho

wev

er,

un

til

the

18

th

cen

tury

w

ork

w

as

rela

tiv

ely

ra

re

sub

ject

of

anal

ysi

s of

gre

at

thin

ker

s.

How

ever

, A

dam

Sm

ith,

the

founder

of

econ

om

ics

as a

sci

ence

, m

ade

an

imp

ort

ant

con

trib

uti

on

to

th

e st

ud

y o

f w

ork

, es

pec

iall

y t

he

imp

act

of

wo

rk

pro

du

ctiv

ity

on

th

e d

ivis

ion

of

wo

rk.

Ada

m S

mith

(172

3-17

90)

Th

e m

ost

fa

mo

us

wo

rk

of

Adam

S

mit

h,

Wea

lth o

f N

atio

ns,

was

pu

bli

shed

in

th

e 1

77

6

(th

e sa

me

yea

r w

hen

A

mer

ican

Dec

lara

tion

of

Inde

pend

ence

was

pu

bli

shed

) an

d i

s co

nsi

der

ed t

he

firs

t m

oder

n w

ork

of

eco

no

mic

s. B

ein

g a

ph

ilo

sop

her

wh

o a

lso

dea

ls w

ith

eth

ics,

Sm

ith

an

aly

zes

hu

man

nat

ure

an

d c

on

clu

des

th

at p

eop

le a

re e

go

ists

. H

ow

ever

, th

is e

go

tism

can

hav

e a

po

siti

ve

imp

act

on

th

e ec

on

om

y,

bec

ause

by

str

ivin

g f

or

self

-

enri

chm

ent,

peo

ple

pro

du

ce g

oo

ds

use

d b

y o

ther

peo

ple

. A

s S

mit

h s

ays,

"it

is n

ot

go

od

nes

s o

f b

utc

her

, b

rew

er o

r b

aker

th

at g

ives

us

lun

ch,

bu

t th

eir

ow

n s

elf-

inte

rest

s."1

9 H

ow

ever

, w

hat

we

are

mo

st i

nte

rest

ed i

n i

s S

mit

h's

anal

ysi

s o

f th

e im

pac

t o

f th

e d

ivis

ion

of

wo

rk o

n p

rod

uct

ivit

y.

His

in

itia

l

pre

mis

e is

th

at p

eop

le d

o n

ot

dif

fer

mu

ch b

y t

alen

t. I

t is

th

e d

ivis

ion

of

lab

or

and

sp

ecia

liza

tio

n t

hat

dev

elo

p t

alen

t an

d p

rov

ide

gre

at p

rod

uct

ivit

y.

Sm

ith

trie

d t

o p

rov

e h

is t

heo

ry i

n t

he

case

of

the

pro

du

ctio

n o

f n

eed

les.

On

e p

erso

n

19S

mit

h,

Ad

am,

17

76

., A

n in

quir

y in

to t

he n

atur

e an

d ca

uses

of

the

wea

lth o

f na

tions

, W

hit

esto

ne,

Dubli

n, p. 18.

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can

bar

ely

mak

e a

do

zen

nee

dle

s a

day

duri

ng

wo

rkin

g h

ou

rs.

In c

on

tras

t, i

n

the

man

ufa

ctu

re o

f n

eed

les

ten

wo

rker

s m

ay o

ne

day

mak

e 4

8 0

00

nee

dle

s!

In o

ther

wo

rds,

lab

or

pro

du

ctiv

ity

in

th

e m

anu

fact

ure

of

nee

dle

s is

48

00

per

wo

rker

p

er

day

, w

hic

h

is

24

0

tim

es

hig

her

p

rod

uct

ivit

y

than

in

cr

aft

pro

du

ctio

n!

Th

e ca

use

of

this

dra

mat

ic i

ncr

ease

in

pro

du

ctiv

ity

, S

mit

h f

ind

s

in t

he

div

isio

n o

f la

bo

r, w

hic

h i

s th

e w

ho

le p

roce

ss o

f p

rod

uct

ion

of

nee

dle

s

div

ided

in

to 1

8 v

ery

sim

ple

op

erat

ion

s. E

ach

wo

rker

per

form

s o

nly

on

e o

r

two

of

thes

e o

per

atio

ns,

wh

ich

mak

es p

rod

uct

ion

mu

ch f

aste

r. S

mit

h c

ites

thre

e m

ain

rea

son

s w

hy

th

e d

ivis

ion

of

lab

or

incr

ease

s th

e p

rod

uct

ivit

y o

f

lab

or:

1.

Incr

ease

s w

ork

er's

sk

ills

b

ecau

se

wo

rker

p

erfo

rms

on

ly

a sm

all

nu

mb

er o

f w

ork

ing

op

erat

ion

s th

at a

re s

pec

iali

zed

;

2.

Sav

es t

ime

bec

ause

no

wo

rker

mo

ves

fro

m o

ne

wo

rkin

g p

roce

ss t

o

ano

ther

;

3.

All

ow

s th

e in

tro

du

ctio

n o

f m

ach

iner

y.

Ho

wev

er,

it is

im

po

rtan

t to

n

ote

th

at ev

en A

dam

S

mit

h n

oti

ced

a

dra

wb

ack

o

f d

ivis

ion

o

f w

ork

, st

atin

g

that

it

m

akes

p

eop

le

stu

pid

an

d

des

tro

ys

hu

man

bei

ng

s b

y m

akin

g t

hem

ign

ora

nt

and

th

ey d

o n

ot

know

how

to d

o a

ny

thin

g e

lse

in t

hei

r li

ves

ex

cep

t u

ncr

eati

ve

wo

rk.

Hen

ce,

Sm

ith

's

theo

ries

did

hav

e a

trem

end

ou

s im

pac

t o

n t

he

late

r d

evel

op

men

t o

f sc

ien

tifi

c

anal

ysi

s o

f w

ork

.20

20 E

xce

llen

t dep

icti

on o

f th

e li

fe a

nd w

ork

of

A.

Sm

ith i

s giv

en b

y G

albra

ith,

John

Ken

net

h,

1977,

The

Age

of U

ncer

tain

ty,

Ho

ug

hto

n M

iffl

in,

Bo

sto

n,

chap

ter

abo

ut

Ad

am

Sm

ith

.

10

2

2) P

rofe

ssio

ns a

re b

ased

on

scie

nce

and

theo

retic

al k

now

ledg

e,

whi

le c

raft

s are

bas

ed o

n ex

peri

ence

A

pro

fess

ion

al

do

es

not

only

dea

l w

ith

routi

ne

task

s,

he

solv

es

pro

ble

ms

by

usi

ng

sci

enti

fic

kn

ow

led

ge.

Wh

ile

the

inst

alle

r al

mo

st r

ou

tin

ely

sets

p

arq

uet

s,

a ci

vil

en

gin

eer

mu

st

use

h

is/h

er

kn

ow

led

ge

of

the

bas

ic

scie

nce

s -

mat

hem

atic

s, p

hy

sics

, st

atic

s, m

ech

anic

s -

to b

e ab

le t

o d

esig

n t

he

bri

dg

e.

Of

cou

rse,

ev

en

som

e o

f p

rofe

ssio

nal

s b

usi

nes

ses

are

rou

tin

ely

add

ress

ed.

Fo

r ex

amp

le,

if a

pat

ien

t w

ho

has

a f

ever

, ru

nn

y n

ose

an

d c

ou

gh

com

es t

o a

doct

or,

aft

er a

routi

ne

exam

inat

ion

h

e w

ill

giv

e p

resc

rip

tio

ns

for

cold

to

th

e p

atie

nt.

An

d c

raft

smen

als

o s

om

etim

es h

ave

to s

olv

e p

rob

lem

s.

Fo

r ex

amp

le,

a p

lum

ber

mu

st d

isco

ver

wh

y t

her

e h

as b

een

clo

gg

ing

in

th

e

was

hb

asin

. H

ow

ever

, w

hat

d

isti

ng

uis

hes

th

e p

rofe

ssio

nal

fr

om

th

e

craf

tsm

en's

is

h

is

abil

ity

to

so

lve

aty

pic

al

pro

ble

ms

by

u

sin

g

scie

nti

fic

kn

ow

led

ge.

So

, w

hil

e th

e p

lum

ber

wil

l d

isas

sem

ble

was

hb

asin

in

a m

ann

er

wh

ich

he

lear

ned

du

rin

g h

is a

pp

ren

tice

ship

, th

e d

oct

or

wil

l h

ave

to u

se h

is

kn

ow

led

ge

of

gen

etic

s, c

hem

istr

y,

ph

ysi

olo

gy a

nd o

ther

sci

ence

s to

fin

d a

vac

cin

e ag

ain

st s

win

e fl

u.

3) P

rofe

ssio

n ha

s a m

onop

oly

on a

par

ticul

ar a

ctiv

ity.

On

ly a

pro

fess

ion

al s

ho

uld

per

form

act

ivit

ies

that

req

uir

e p

rofe

ssio

nal

kn

ow

led

ge.

Th

us,

a p

erso

n w

ho

has

no

med

ical

deg

ree,

an

d w

ou

ld a

ttem

pt

to

per

form

h

eart

su

rger

y w

ou

ld h

ave

to b

eco

me

a su

bje

ct to

li

abil

ity

. A

nd

des

ign

ing

hy

dro

po

wer

dam

sh

ou

ld b

e ca

rrie

d o

ut

by

a p

erso

n w

ho

has

a

deg

ree

of

Civ

il E

ng

inee

rin

g.

In o

ther

wo

rds,

pro

fess

ion

als

hav

e a

mo

no

po

ly

to

carr

y

ou

t th

eir

pro

fess

ion

. T

he

stat

e giv

es

the

monopoly

an

d

legal

ly

pro

tect

s it

. T

he

aim

is

to p

reven

t th

e u

nau

tho

rize

d a

nd

un

qu

alif

ied

per

son

s to

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poin

t out

that

in

th

e w

orl

d

ther

e is

a

gre

at

var

iety

o

f ti

tles

. T

hu

s,

for

exam

ple

, al

l th

e p

eop

le w

ho

hav

e fi

nis

hed

un

iver

sity

in P

ort

ugal

rec

eived

the

titl

e o

f a

do

cto

r, a

nd

aft

er c

om

ple

tin

g t

hei

r d

oct

ora

te d

egre

es t

hey

wer

e

giv

en t

he

titl

e o

f a

pro

fess

or.

36 D

iffe

ren

t st

ates

hav

e d

iffe

ren

t re

qu

irem

ents

that

mu

st b

e m

et f

or

som

eon

e to

get

th

e ap

pro

pri

ate

titl

e. S

o i

n t

he

U.S

., i

f

som

eon

e w

ants

to

bec

om

e a

med

ical

do

cto

r, o

ne

mu

st f

irst

fin

ish

co

lleg

e

(un

iver

sity

), a

nd

th

en g

o t

o a

med

ical

sch

oo

l. A

n a

dd

itio

nal

pro

ble

m i

n t

he

inte

rnat

ion

al

tran

sfer

o

f d

iplo

mas

is

th

e ex

iste

nce

o

f se

mi

pro

fess

ion

s -

occ

up

atio

ns

that

req

uir

e a

sho

rter

du

rati

on

of

trai

nin

g (

2-3

yea

rs).

Ex

amp

les

of

such

sem

ipro

fess

ion

s ar

e n

urs

es a

nd

civ

il e

ng

inee

rs w

ho

gra

du

ate

fro

m

Po

lyte

chn

ic s

cho

ols

. O

ne

of

the

reas

on

s fo

r ac

cep

tin

g t

he

Bo

log

na

pro

cess

is

equ

aliz

ing

th

e ti

tle

in

the

Eu

rop

ean

U

nio

n,

in

ord

er

to

faci

lita

te

lab

or

mo

bil

ity

. T

he

fun

ctio

n o

f th

e ti

tle

is t

o g

ive

info

rmat

ion

ab

ou

t so

met

hin

g

that

so

meo

ne

can

do

. In

ev

ery

day

co

nv

ersa

tio

n,

wh

en w

e m

eet

a n

ew p

erso

n

(say

on

ch

at),

on

e o

f th

e q

ues

tio

ns

that

ari

ses

is w

hat

so

meo

ne

do

es,

or

wh

at

on

e's

pro

fess

ion

is.

Th

e sh

ort

est

answ

er t

o t

his

qu

esti

on

is

to s

pec

ify

tit

les.

Th

us,

by

ass

ign

ing

th

e ti

tle,

sta

tes

gu

aran

tee

that

a p

erso

n b

eco

mes

a p

ro,

and

th

at o

ne

is t

rain

ed t

o p

erfo

rm p

rofe

ssio

n r

equ

irin

g a

un

iver

sity

deg

ree.

It

is t

her

efo

re u

sefu

l to

pu

t th

e ti

tle

on

on

e's

vis

itin

g c

ard

, cr

edit

car

d,

ph

on

e

bo

ok

, ev

en

on

th

e d

oo

r o

f th

e ap

artm

ent,

b

ecau

se

it

giv

es

a p

ote

nti

al

cust

om

ers

the

info

rmat

ion

th

at a

per

son

is

able

to

pro

vid

e a

serv

ice

that

th

e

cust

om

er n

eed

s. I

n o

ther

wo

rds,

by

hig

hli

ghti

ng

on

e's

titl

e a

per

son

in

dic

ates

that

he/

she

is a

pro

fess

ion

al.

36 I

bid

, p

. 2

8, n

ote

1.

32

Win

slow

Fre

deri

ck T

aylo

r (18

56-1

915)

If S

mit

h is

co

nsi

der

ed as

th

e fo

un

der

o

f ec

on

om

ics

as a

scie

nce

,

Tay

lor

can

ce

rtai

nly

b

e co

nsi

der

ed as

th

e fo

un

der

o

f th

e sc

ien

ce o

f th

e

org

aniz

atio

n o

f w

ork

. H

is l

ife

gre

atly

contr

ibute

d t

o t

his

: he

beg

an t

o w

ork

as a

n o

rdin

ary

wo

rker

wh

o,

afte

r h

e fi

nis

hed

his

stu

die

s at

th

e fa

cult

y o

f

mec

han

ical

en

gin

eeri

ng

, cl

imb

ed t

he

hie

rarc

hic

al l

add

er t

o c

hie

f en

gin

eer.

Su

ch w

ork

ing

car

eer

enab

led

Tay

lor

to k

no

w b

ette

r th

e w

ork

an

d w

ork

ers

at

all

lev

els

of

the

org

aniz

atio

nal

ch

art.

Th

eref

ore

, in

his

wo

rks

he

oft

en c

ited

exp

erie

nce

he

had

as

an o

rdin

ary

wo

rker

. H

e st

ated

, fo

r ex

amp

le,

that

th

e

wo

rker

s ta

lked

en

thu

sias

tica

lly

ab

ou

t th

e at

hle

te w

ho

gav

e h

is b

est

du

rin

g

the

mat

ch (

he

left

th

e h

eart

on

th

e fi

eld

), b

ut

they

th

emse

lves

wer

e p

ron

e to

lazi

ng

at

the

wo

rkp

lace

. T

aylo

r st

ated

th

at t

he

wo

rker

s w

ere

ang

ry w

ith

him

bec

ause

he

wo

rked

ver

y h

ard

, an

d t

hey

wer

e af

raid

th

at t

hei

r su

per

iors

wo

uld

incr

ease

th

eir

stan

dar

ds.

T

hey

w

ent

so fa

r th

at he

was

th

reat

ened

to

be

bea

ten

up

if

he

did

not

red

uce

th

e in

ten

sity

of

his

wo

rk!

Tay

lor

fou

nd

th

e

reas

on

fo

r th

ese

ano

mal

ies

in t

he

inad

equ

ate

org

aniz

atio

n o

f w

ork

, es

pec

iall

y

in

inad

equ

ate

no

rms.

S

pec

ific

ally

, th

e w

ork

ers

did

n

ot

hav

e a

spec

ific

amo

un

t o

f w

ork

th

ey h

ad t

o d

o d

uri

ng

wo

rkin

g h

ou

rs,

so t

hey

tri

ed t

o a

vo

id

wo

rk w

hen

ever

th

ere

sup

erio

r w

as n

ot

nea

rby

. B

ased

on

his

ex

per

ien

ce a

s a

wo

rker

an

d

sub

seq

uen

t re

flec

tio

n

on

th

e o

rgan

izat

ion

o

f w

ork

, T

aylo

r

form

ula

ted

his

pri

nci

ple

s o

f "s

cien

tifi

c m

anag

emen

t."

Bo

th o

bje

ctiv

es c

an b

e

ach

iev

ed

sim

ult

aneo

usl

y

if

pro

du

ctiv

ity

o

f w

ork

in

crea

ses

eno

ug

h.

Th

eref

ore

, T

aylo

r b

elie

ved

th

at t

he

go

als

of

emp

loy

ers

and

wo

rker

s d

o n

ot

clas

h.

Tay

lor

stat

ed h

ow

lab

or

pro

du

ctiv

ity

co

uld

be

incr

ease

d:

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1.

It i

s n

eces

sary

to

mak

e a

stri

ct d

ivis

ion

of

lab

or

into

in

tell

ectu

al a

nd

ph

ysi

cal

(pla

nn

ing

sh

ou

ld p

rece

de

the

exec

uti

on

of

wo

rk).

2.

Ex

per

imen

tati

on

sh

ou

ld f

ind

th

e b

est

way

to

do

th

e jo

b.

3.

Nex

t, t

he

tim

e re

qu

ired

fo

r th

e ex

ecu

tio

n o

f th

e ta

sk,

and

eac

h w

ork

op

erat

ion

sh

ou

ld b

e d

eter

min

ed.

4.

When

the

opti

mal

met

hod i

s es

tabli

shed

, w

ork

ers

nee

d t

o l

earn

ho

w t

o

use

it.

Th

e en

gin

eer

sho

uld

be

a "c

oac

h"

of

emp

loy

ees.

5.

It i

s n

eces

sary

to

ch

oo

se t

he

bes

t to

ols

an

d m

ach

ines

, an

d d

eter

min

e

the

op

tim

al w

ay t

o u

se t

hem

.

6.

Sta

ff

sho

uld

u

nq

ues

tio

nin

gly

o

bey

m

anag

er's

o

rder

s -

a st

rict

dis

cip

lin

e is

re

qu

ired

. L

azy

w

ork

ers

sho

uld

b

e la

id

off

. H

ow

ever

,

pu

nis

hm

ent

sho

uld

be

fair

, an

d t

he

mo

ney

fro

m t

he

fin

es s

ho

uld

be

pu

t in

th

e w

ork

ers'

mu

tual

fu

nd

.

7.

Wo

rker

s sh

ou

ld

be

rew

ard

ed

ind

ivid

ual

ly.

If

he/

she

wo

rks

in

acco

rdan

ce w

ith

th

e sc

ien

tifi

c o

rgan

izat

ion

, th

e w

ork

er's

sal

ary

sh

ou

ld

be

incr

ease

d b

y 3

0-1

00

% a

nd

th

e w

ork

er s

hould

get

the

awar

d a

s so

on

as p

oss

ible

.

It is

im

po

rtan

t to

n

ote

th

at T

aylo

r's

met

ho

ds

did

n

ot

imm

edia

tely

rece

ive

the

sup

po

rt o

f w

ork

ers

and

tra

de

un

ion

s, s

ince

his

met

ho

ds

wer

e

inte

rpre

ted

as

an a

ttem

pt

of

furt

her

ex

plo

itat

ion

of

wo

rker

s. T

aylo

r h

imse

lf

con

trib

ute

d t

o t

his

bec

ause

in

his

work

s h

e o

ften

use

d h

arsh

wo

rds

wh

en h

e

talk

ed

abo

ut

the

wo

rker

s.

Ho

wev

er,

the

use

of

Tay

lor'

s m

eth

od

s in

th

e

ind

ust

ry l

ed t

o a

n i

nte

nse

in

crea

se i

n p

rod

uct

ivit

y,

wh

ich

is

wh

y h

is w

ork

was

on

e o

f th

e b

asic

wo

rks

for

the

un

der

stan

din

g o

f ec

on

om

ic g

row

th i

n t

he

10

0

Ho

wev

er,

apar

t fr

om

th

e u

sual

mea

nin

g o

f a

pro

fess

ion

al t

her

e is

als

o a

soci

olo

gic

al d

efin

itio

n,

acco

rdin

g t

o w

hic

h t

he

pro

fess

ion

is

an o

ccu

pat

ion

that

is

bas

ed o

n h

igh

er e

du

cati

on

, th

at i

s, o

n g

rad

uat

ing

fro

m c

oll

ege.

Th

e

term

pro

fess

ion

is

oft

en i

den

tifi

ed w

ith

th

e co

nce

pt

of

occ

up

atio

n,

so t

he

acti

vit

y fr

om

w

hic

h one

mak

es th

e li

vin

g.

Ho

wev

er,

even

th

ou

gh

ev

ery

pro

fess

ion

is

an o

ccu

pat

ion

, n

ot

ever

y o

ccu

pat

ion

is

a p

rofe

ssio

n.

Bei

ng

a

civ

il e

ng

inee

r is

an

occ

up

atio

n a

nd

a p

rofe

ssio

n,

bu

t a

ben

der

is

just

an

occ

up

atio

n s

ince

it

is n

ot

nec

essa

ry t

o f

inis

h c

oll

ege

for

this

type

of

job.

It i

s

nec

essa

ry h

ere

to d

efin

e an

oth

er r

elat

ed t

erm

, an

d t

hat

is

vo

cati

on

. S

o,

the

vo

cati

on

is

a ti

tle

on

e ac

qu

ires

th

rou

gh

edu

cati

on

. A

lth

ou

gh

th

e co

nce

pts

of

vo

cati

on

an

d o

ccu

pat

ion

in

th

e se

nse

usu

ally

co

inci

de,

th

is m

ay n

ot

alw

ays

be

so.

A p

erso

n w

ho

is

qu

alif

ied

as

civ

il e

ng

inee

r ca

n b

eco

me

a p

oli

tici

an b

y

occ

up

atio

n,

a d

oct

or

of

ph

ilo

sop

hy

can

op

en a

sp

ecia

lize

d s

ho

p f

or

bak

ing

po

pco

rn.

Ho

wev

er,

on

e ca

n b

e a

pro

, in

th

e so

cio

log

ical

sen

se o

f th

e w

ord

, if

ther

e is

a m

atch

of

voca

tio

ns

and

occ

up

atio

ns,

so

if

yo

u w

ork

in

a p

rofe

ssio

n

in w

hic

h o

ne

fin

ish

ed a

co

lleg

e.

Cha

ract

eris

tics o

f a p

rofe

ssio

n

Des

pit

e n

um

ero

us

spec

ific

s o

f th

e v

ario

us

pro

fess

ion

s, t

her

e ar

e th

eir

com

mo

n f

eatu

res,

th

e m

ost

im

po

rtan

t b

ein

g t

he

foll

ow

ing

:

1) P

rofe

ssio

nalis

m r

equi

res h

ighe

r ed

ucat

ion.

Fro

m

a so

cio

log

ical

d

efin

itio

n

of

pro

fess

ion

alis

m,

wh

ich

w

e h

ave

pre

vio

usl

y s

tate

d,

the

firs

t p

rere

qu

isit

e to

co

nsi

der

so

meo

ne

a p

rofe

ssio

nal

is

to f

inis

h c

oll

ege.

Hen

ce t

he

log

ical

co

ncl

usi

on

is

that

a p

ro m

ust

hav

e an

app

rop

riat

e ti

tle

- a

do

cto

r, a

mas

ter,

an

en

gin

eer.

Ho

wev

er,

it i

s im

po

rtan

t to

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99

9.

Prof

essi

onal

ism

A d

evel

opm

ent

of

the

craf

t in

to a

pro

fess

ion b

egin

s w

hen

a w

ork

p

erfo

rmed

is

bas

ed o

n t

heo

reti

cal

kn

ow

led

ge.

A c

ivil

en

gin

eer

dif

fers

fr

om

a b

rick

lay

er i

n h

is k

no

wle

dg

e of

stat

ics,

mec

han

ics,

geo

met

ry,

etc.

In

th

e sa

me

way

a

surg

eon

b

eco

mes

th

e m

edic

al

pro

fess

ion

al

(as

op

po

sed

to

th

e b

arb

er

wh

o

has

p

rev

iou

sly

p

erfo

rmed

su

rgic

al

op

erat

ion

s),

wh

en

he

beg

ins

to

bas

e h

is

kn

ow

led

ge

on

th

eori

es

(ph

ysi

olo

gy

, ch

emis

try

, et

c.).

pore

r)

Def

initi

ons o

f pro

fess

ion35

In e

ver

yd

ay l

ang

uag

e, t

he

term

pro

fess

ion

al i

s u

sual

ly u

sed

fo

r tw

o

mea

nin

gs.

Fir

stly

, a

pro

fess

ion

al i

s a

staf

f m

emb

er w

ho

wo

rks

for

mo

ney

.

Th

us,

in

co

ntr

ast

to t

he

gro

up

of

frie

nd

s w

ho

pla

y f

oo

tbal

l fo

r p

leas

ure

an

d

are

ther

efo

re a

mat

eurs

, a

pro

fess

ion

al f

oo

tbal

l p

lay

er i

s th

e o

ne

wh

o e

arn

s

mo

ney

b

y

pla

yin

g

foo

tbal

l.

In

ord

er

for

a p

erso

n

to

be

con

sid

ered

a

pro

fess

ion

al,

som

eon

e sh

ou

ld b

e w

illi

ng t

o p

ay f

or

his

skil

ls.

So,

a so

ccer

pla

yer

bec

om

es a

pro

fess

ion

al w

hen

th

e au

die

nce

is

read

y t

o b

uy

a t

ick

et t

o

be

able

to

wat

ch h

is s

tun

ts.

An

oth

er m

ean

ing

of

the

term

pro

fess

ion

al i

s an

ex

per

t. I

n o

ther

wo

rds,

a p

rofe

ssio

nal

is

som

eon

e w

ho

is

able

to

do

a q

ual

ity

jo

b t

hat

he

is e

ng

aged

in.

Acc

ord

ing t

o t

his

mea

nin

g t

he

kil

ler

is a

pro

fess

ion

al p

erso

n w

ho

is

able

to p

erfo

rm h

is "

wo

rk a

ssig

nm

ent"

wit

h a

sin

gle

bu

llet

fro

m a

sn

iper

. W

hen

we

say

th

at

som

eon

e is

a

tru

e p

rofe

ssio

nal

th

at

mea

ns

that

he/

she

is

ded

icat

ed t

o h

is j

ob

an

d t

hat

he/

she

real

ly k

no

ws

ho

w t

o d

o h

is j

ob

wel

l.

35 T

his

and

the

next

cha

pter

are

bas

ed o

n Š

pore

r, Ž

eljk

a, 1

990,

Soc

iolo

gy o

f pr

ofes

sion

s: a

n es

say

on t

he s

ocia

l co

nditi

onal

ity o

f pr

ofes

sion

aliz

atio

n,

Cro

atia

n

Soci

olo

gic

al S

oci

ety, Z

agre

b.

34

ind

ust

rial

era

. H

is m

eth

od

s o

f w

ork

org

aniz

atio

n f

ou

nd

a w

ide

app

lica

tio

n i

n

alm

ost

all

sec

tors

of

the

eco

no

my

.

Fra

nk B

unke

r Gilb

reth

(186

8-19

24)

Gil

bre

th i

s im

po

rtan

t fo

r st

ud

ents

of

civ

il e

ng

inee

rin

g,

no

t o

nly

fo

r h

is

contr

ibuti

ons

to t

he

theo

ry o

f th

e o

rgan

izat

ion

of

wo

rk,

bu

t al

so b

ecau

se h

e

dea

lt w

ith

co

nst

ruct

ion

, sp

ecif

ical

ly m

asonry

. L

ike

Tay

lor,

he

lear

nt

fro

m h

is

ow

n e

xp

erie

nce

. H

e st

arte

d w

ork

as

an a

pp

ren

tice

bri

ckla

yer

, b

ut

he

late

r

bec

ame

the

ow

ner

of

a su

cces

sfu

l co

nst

ruct

ion

co

mp

any

. W

hil

e st

ill

wo

rkin

g

as a

bri

ckla

yer

, h

e n

oti

ced

th

at e

ver

y b

rick

lay

er h

ad t

hre

e te

chn

iqu

es:

on

e

that

th

e b

rick

lay

er t

each

es t

o n

ew m

asons,

but

he

him

self

do

es n

ot

use

, an

d

the

slo

w a

nd

fas

t te

chn

iqu

e. L

ater

Gil

ber

th f

ound t

he

mo

st e

ffec

tiv

e m

aso

nry

tech

niq

ue

in w

hic

h h

e el

imin

ated

re

du

nd

ant

mo

ves

(b

end

ing

d

ow

n)

and

rep

lace

d t

he

slo

w m

ov

emen

ts w

ith

th

e fa

st o

nes

. H

e re

du

ced

th

e n

um

ber

of

mo

vem

ents

fro

m 1

8 t

o 5

(m

inim

um

of

just

tw

o m

ov

emen

ts).

Bri

ckla

yer

no

lon

ger

had

to

mo

ve

to r

each

a b

rick

an

d m

ort

ar as

h

is as

sist

ant

wo

rker

pre

par

ed b

rick

s fo

r h

im.

Ab

ou

t G

ilb

reth

's i

nn

ov

atio

n T

aylo

r w

rite

s: "

He

has

intr

od

uce

d s

imp

le e

qu

ipm

ent,

su

ch a

s, f

or

exam

ple

, th

e sc

affo

ldin

g w

ho

se

hei

gh

t ca

n b

e ch

ang

ed,

and

th

e fr

ames

fo

r b

rick

pac

kag

ing

, w

hic

h,

wit

h l

ittl

e

coll

abo

rati

on

of

chea

p u

nsk

ille

d w

ork

ers,

co

mple

tely

eli

min

ate

the

whole

seri

es o

f te

dio

us

long-t

erm

movem

ents

."21

Gil

bre

th's

in

no

vat

ion

in

crea

sed

the

nu

mb

er o

f b

rick

s la

id f

rom

12

0 t

o 3

50

per

ho

ur

per

wo

rker

an

d t

he

wo

rker

s al

so b

ecam

e le

ss t

ired

. G

ilb

reth

is

also

kn

ow

n f

or

hav

ing

in

tro

du

ced

21 T

aylo

r, F

reder

ick W

insl

ow

, 1967

, Sc

ient

ific

Man

agem

ent,

Bel

gra

de:

Oper

atio

n,

p. 211.

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the

stu

dy

o

f m

ov

emen

t an

d

tim

e.

Cam

era

reco

rded

th

e m

ov

emen

ts

of

bri

ckla

yer

s,

to

iden

tify

opti

mal

m

oves

. H

e in

tro

du

ced

th

e so

-cal

led

chro

no

log

ical

gra

ph

s th

at r

eco

rded

the

movem

ents

of

work

ers.

Gil

bre

th,

as

wel

l as

Tay

lor,

arg

ued

th

at t

her

e w

as o

nly

one

bes

t m

ethod f

or

per

form

ing

any

ph

ysi

cal

wo

rk a

nd

he

trie

d t

o f

ind

su

ch a

met

ho

d.

Gil

bre

th's

an

aly

ses

hav

e fo

un

d

wid

esp

read

u

se

no

t o

nly

in

co

nst

ruct

ion

but

also

in

oth

er

ind

ust

ries

, in

th

e o

rgan

izat

ion

of

the

pri

mar

y a

nd

ter

tiar

y s

ecto

rs.

To

day

even

to

p

ath

lete

s u

se

gra

ph

s o

f ch

ron

olo

gic

al

ord

er,

to

imp

rov

e th

eir

tech

niq

ue,

fo

r ex

amp

le,

in

the

hig

h

jum

p.

It

is

import

ant

to

note

th

at

Gil

bre

th's

wif

e, L

illi

an G

ilb

reth

(1

87

8-1

97

2)

con

tin

ued

his

wo

rk a

fter

his

dea

th.

Esp

ecia

lly

si

gn

ific

ant

wer

e h

er

stu

die

s o

f o

pti

mal

p

roce

du

res

in

per

form

ance

of

ho

use

ho

ld c

ho

res.

To

day

's h

ou

sek

eep

ers

are

un

kn

ow

ing

ly

usi

ng

tec

hn

iqu

es a

nd

sch

edu

les

of

ho

me

app

lian

ces

that

wer

e p

erfe

cted

by

Lil

lian

Gil

bre

th h

erse

lf.

Max

Web

er (1

864-

1920

)

An

aly

sis

of

the

clas

sica

l th

eory

of

the

org

aniz

atio

n o

f w

ork

cer

tain

ly

has

to

in

clu

de

the

wo

rk

of

Max

W

eber

. A

lth

ou

gh

h

e w

as

pri

mar

ily

con

cern

ed w

ith

th

e st

ud

y o

f b

ure

aucr

acy

, h

is a

nal

yse

s o

f id

eal

typ

es o

f fo

rms

of

org

aniz

atio

n c

an b

e ap

pli

ed t

o a

lmo

st a

ny

kin

d o

f w

ork

. W

eber

bel

iev

ed

that

th

e w

ork

sh

ou

ld b

e b

ased

on

the

foll

ow

ing p

rinci

ple

s:

1.

It

is

nec

essa

ry

to

mak

e th

e m

axim

um

d

ivis

ion

o

f la

bo

r an

d

spec

iali

zati

on

so

th

at

the

emp

loy

ee

can

b

eco

me

an

exp

ert

of

his

pro

fess

ion

.

2.

It i

s nec

essa

ry t

o h

ave

a st

rict

hie

rarc

hy (

each

lo

wer

ran

kin

g e

mp

loy

ee

sho

uld

b

e u

nd

er co

ntr

ol

of

sen

ior

emp

loy

ees)

. P

yra

mid

al st

ruct

ure

98

5.

Th

e in

tern

ship

p

erio

d

last

s fr

om

g

rad

uat

ion

ti

ll

per

man

ent

emp

loy

men

t. T

his

per

iod

is

char

acte

rize

d b

y a

lar

ge

ho

rizo

nta

l an

d

smal

l ver

tica

l m

obil

ity.

6.

Fu

ll-t

ime

emp

loy

men

t is

a c

har

acte

rize

d b

y l

arg

e h

ori

zon

tal

and

sm

all

ver

tica

l m

ob

ilit

y,

fin

anci

al s

ecu

rity

an

d a

chie

vem

ent

of

pro

fess

ion

al

amb

itio

ns.

7.

Aft

er

reti

rem

ent,

th

ere

is

a lo

ss

of

stat

us,

re

du

ctio

n

of

inco

me,

reo

rien

tati

on

o

n

ho

bb

ies,

an

d

a g

rad

ual

re

du

ctio

n

of

wo

rkin

g

and

liv

ing

en

erg

y.

8.

Yo

un

g

and

u

ned

uca

ted

p

eop

le

are

the

mo

st

exp

ose

d

to

un

emp

loy

men

t. U

nem

plo

ym

ent

cau

ses

a lo

ss o

f se

lf-e

stee

m,

crit

icis

m

of

env

iro

nm

ent

psy

cho

log

ical

pro

ble

ms.

Exa

mpl

es o

f exa

m q

uest

ions

1.

Wh

at a

re t

he

stag

es o

f w

ork

ing

car

eer?

2.

Wh

y i

s th

e p

resc

ho

ol

per

iod

an

im

po

rtan

t p

has

e o

f w

ork

so

cial

izat

ion

?

3.

Ho

w d

oes

th

e sc

ho

ol

affe

ct t

he

soci

aliz

atio

n o

f w

ork

?

4.

Wh

at a

re t

he

mai

n c

har

acte

rist

ics

of

the

firs

t jo

b?

5.

Wh

at i

s h

ori

zon

tal

and

ver

tica

l m

ob

ilit

y?

6.

Wh

at a

re t

he

bas

ic c

har

acte

rist

ics

of

the

inte

rnsh

ip p

erio

d?

7.

Wh

at a

re t

he

bas

ic c

har

acte

rist

ics

of

the

per

iod

of

per

man

ent

emp

loy

men

t?

8.

Wh

at a

re t

he

mai

n f

acto

rs t

hat

aff

ect

the

succ

ess

of

on

e's

care

er?

9.

Wh

at c

han

ges

do

es t

he

reti

rem

ent

per

iod

bri

ng

?

10

. W

hat

psy

cho

log

ical

dam

ages

are

cau

sed

by

un

emp

loy

men

t?

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lev

el.

Ho

wev

er,

a d

egre

e is

no

t th

e o

nly

im

po

rtan

t fa

cto

r, b

ut

the

typ

e o

f

edu

cati

on

is

also

im

po

rtan

t. F

or

inst

ance

, th

ere

are

alm

ost

no

un

emp

loy

ed

info

rmat

ics

eng

inee

rs,

bu

t th

ere

is a

lar

ge

nu

mb

er o

f u

nem

plo

yed

po

liti

cal

scie

nce

g

rad

uat

es.

Ho

wev

er,

reg

ard

less

o

f o

ne'

s p

rofe

ssio

n,

alm

ost

al

l

unem

plo

yed

peo

ple

fac

e si

mil

ar p

rob

lem

s. U

nem

plo

ym

ent

lead

s to

a l

oss

of

self

-est

eem

. F

eeli

ng

th

at

no

o

ne

nee

ds

ou

r w

ork

le

ads

to

a fe

elin

g

of

infe

rio

rity

. A

lth

ou

gh

un

emp

loy

ed p

eop

le d

eser

ve

pit

y a

nd

ev

en s

oli

dar

ity

at

the

beg

inn

ing

, th

e lo

ng

er

they

ar

e u

nem

plo

yed

, th

e m

ore

ex

po

sed

to

envir

onm

enta

l cr

itic

ism

they

bec

om

e. U

nem

plo

yed

peo

ple

are

mo

re p

ron

e to

alco

ho

lism

, il

lnes

ses,

sex

ual

pro

ble

ms

and

su

icid

e. U

nem

plo

yed

sin

gle

s ar

e

in

an

esp

ecia

lly

to

ug

h

po

siti

on

b

ecau

se

they

hav

e no

mat

eria

l an

d

psy

cho

log

ical

su

pp

ort

of

thei

r fa

mil

ies.

Sum

mar

y

1.

Th

ere

are

fiv

e st

ages

of

the

wo

rkin

g c

aree

r, i

ncl

ud

ing

: p

rep

arat

ory

ph

ase,

th

e fi

rst

job

, th

e in

tern

p

has

e,

per

man

ent

emp

loy

men

t an

d

reti

rem

ent.

Th

e p

rep

arat

ory

ph

ase

is d

ivid

ed i

nto

pre

sch

oo

l an

d s

cho

ol

per

iod

.

2.

In t

he

pre

sch

oo

l p

erio

d c

hil

dre

n f

ind

ou

t w

hat

th

e w

ork

is,

pla

y t

he

role

of

dif

fere

nt

pro

fess

ion

s an

d a

cqu

ire

the

wo

rkin

g h

abit

s w

hic

h a

re

imp

ort

ant

for

thei

r su

bse

qu

ent

wo

rk m

oti

vat

ion

.

3.

Th

e sc

ho

ol

teac

hes

ch

ild

ren

sel

f-d

isci

pli

ne,

res

pec

t fo

r au

tho

rity

, an

d

dev

elo

pm

ent

of

po

siti

ve

char

acte

r tr

aits

(d

ilig

ence

, p

ersi

sten

ce,

soli

dar

ity

, et

c.).

4.

Du

rin

g s

cho

oli

ng

th

e fi

rst

job

s ar

e te

mp

ora

ry,

incl

ud

e th

e si

mp

lest

job

s, a

nd

par

t-ti

me

job

s.

36

wit

h

pre

cise

h

iera

rch

y

of

resp

on

sib

ilit

y

resu

lts

in

the

hig

hes

t

effi

cien

cy.

3.

All

mem

ber

s o

f th

e h

iera

rch

y,

exce

pt

for

the

hig

hes

t an

d l

ow

est

on

th

e

scal

e,

com

mu

nic

ate

on

ly

wit

h

thei

r im

med

iate

su

bo

rdin

ate

and

imm

edia

te s

up

erio

r em

plo

yee

.

4.

Su

per

ior

emp

loy

ee i

s re

spo

nsi

ble

no

t only

for

his

ow

n w

ork

, but

also

for

thei

r su

bo

rdin

ate

emp

loy

ees.

5.

Th

e o

rgan

izat

ion

sh

ou

ld e

stab

lish

a r

ule

of

reg

ula

tio

n.

Wri

tten

ab

stra

ct

rule

s sh

ou

ld

go

ver

n

the

beh

avio

r o

f em

plo

yee

s.

Th

e o

rgan

izat

ion

wo

rks

ind

epen

den

tly

of

the

ind

ivid

ual

wh

o i

s cu

rren

tly

em

plo

yed

.

6.

Rec

ruit

men

t an

d

pro

mo

tio

n

sho

uld

b

e b

ased

o

n

qu

alif

icat

ion

s.

Reg

ula

tio

ns

det

erm

ine

the

educa

tional

qual

ific

atio

ns

requir

ed f

or

each

po

siti

on

.

7.

Th

e em

plo

yee

sh

ou

ld b

e ra

tio

nal

, n

ot

emoti

onal

. It

is

nec

essa

ry t

o

app

ly th

e ru

les

equ

ally

to

al

l, re

gar

dle

ss o

f w

ho

th

e in

div

idu

al to

wh

om

th

e ru

les

app

ly i

s.

Web

er s

tate

d t

hat

no

org

aniz

atio

n i

s in

full

com

pli

ance

wit

h t

he

abo

ve

pri

nci

ple

s. H

ow

ever

, W

eber

th

ou

gh

t th

at a

ll o

rgan

izat

ion

s sh

ou

ld s

triv

e fo

r

this

id

eal

typ

e o

f o

rgan

izat

ion

if

they

wan

t to

be

succ

essf

ul.

Hen

ry F

ord

(184

1-19

25)

An

indust

rial

ist

who

appli

ed

Tay

lor'

s pri

nci

ple

s w

as

Hen

ry

Ford

.

Alt

ho

ug

h h

e d

id n

ot

giv

e im

po

rtan

t th

eore

tica

l co

ntr

ibu

tio

ns

to t

he

fiel

d o

f

wo

rk o

rgan

izat

ion

, F

ord

bec

ame

a sy

mb

ol

of

the

ind

ust

rial

era

du

e to

th

e

pra

ctic

al a

pp

lica

tio

n o

f "s

cien

tifi

c o

rgan

izat

ion

of

lab

or.

" T

her

efo

re,

the

term

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Ford

ism

is

use

d f

or

mas

s in

dust

rial

pro

du

ctio

n o

n t

he

asse

mb

ly l

ine.

Aft

er

the

intr

od

uct

ion

o

f as

sem

bly

li

ne,

th

e m

axim

um

div

isio

n

of

labor

and

spec

iali

zati

on

o

f w

ork

ers

for

ver

y

sim

ple

w

ork

o

per

atio

ns,

F

ord

al

so

intr

od

uce

d a

dd

itio

nal

ch

ang

es s

uch

as

the

do

ub

lin

g o

f sa

lari

es o

f w

ork

ers,

pro

vid

ing

al

mo

st "i

dea

l" w

ork

ing

co

nd

itio

ns,

bri

ght

and ai

ry hal

ls,

idea

l

tem

per

atu

re i

n

fact

ori

es,

free

ho

t m

eals

, et

c. A

s a

resu

lt o

f th

e n

ew w

ork

org

aniz

atio

n,

he

red

uce

d t

he

tim

e re

qu

ired

fo

r a

car

asse

mb

ly f

rom

12

.5

ho

urs

to

ju

st 1

.5 h

ou

rs.

He

crea

ted

a u

nif

ied

pro

du

ctio

n d

om

inat

ed b

y T

-

model

car

s. F

ord

has

bec

om

e k

no

wn

fo

r h

is s

ente

nce

th

at "

bu

yer

s o

f h

is c

ars

can

ch

oo

se w

hat

ever

co

lor

they

wan

t u

nd

er t

he

assu

mp

tio

n t

hat

it

is b

lack

."22

Ho

wev

er,

such

p

rod

uct

ion

w

ith

ou

t m

uch

v

aria

tio

n

enab

led

th

e d

rast

ic

red

uct

ion

in

pri

ce o

f th

e ca

r, s

o t

hey

bec

om

e av

aila

ble

to

th

e A

mer

ican

mid

dle

cla

ss.

Ho

wev

er,

ever

yth

ing

was

no

t so

idyll

ic.

One

of

the

pro

ble

ms

that

ap

pea

red

in

his

fac

tori

es w

as h

igh

tu

rno

ver

of

wo

rker

s (w

ork

ers

use

d t

o

leav

e th

e fa

cto

ry

afte

r a

sho

rt

tim

e).

Wh

y

this

w

as

hap

pen

ing

, w

ill

be

answ

ered

in

th

e n

ext

chap

ter.

Sum

mar

y

1.

Alt

ho

ug

h i

t is

cer

tain

th

at i

n t

he

anci

ent

tim

es t

her

e w

as a

qu

alit

y

org

aniz

atio

n o

f w

ork

- a

s ev

iden

ced

by

th

e q

ual

ity

of

the

bu

ild

ing

s

fro

m t

hat

tim

e -

ther

e w

ere

rela

tiv

ely

few

tex

ts t

hat

sy

stem

atic

ally

eng

aged

in

th

e o

rgan

izat

ion

of

wo

rk u

nti

l th

e 1

8th

cen

tury

. H

ow

ever

,

22 F

ord

, H

enry

and S

amuel

Cro

wth

er,

1973,

My

life

and

Wor

k, A

rno P

ress

, N

ew

York

, p. 72.

96

soci

al s

tatu

s w

hil

e w

ork

ing

, th

an a

fter

he

is r

etir

ed.

Wh

ile

wo

rkin

g h

e h

as a

rep

uta

tio

n,

eno

ug

h m

on

ey a

nd

bu

sin

ess

con

nec

tio

ns,

so

he/

she

is a

lway

s in

dem

and.

Aft

er

bei

ng

reti

red,

man

y

peo

ple

ar

e g

oin

g

to

be

com

ple

tely

forg

ott

en b

y t

he

ver

y p

eop

le w

ho

had

pre

vio

usl

y t

ried

to

be

in g

oo

d r

elat

ion

s

wit

h t

hem

. R

etir

emen

t is

ass

oci

ated

wit

h a

gra

du

al d

ecli

ne

of

hea

lth

an

d l

ife

ener

gy

. S

ince

th

is h

app

ens

to a

ll t

he

peo

ple

of

thei

r ag

e w

ho

get

sic

k a

nd

die

,

the

circ

le o

f fr

ien

ds

and

acq

uai

nta

nce

s am

on

g r

etir

ed p

eop

le i

s in

crea

sin

gly

nar

row

ing

. In

ret

irem

ent,

fin

anci

al s

itu

atio

n w

ors

ens.

Th

e ty

pes

of

acti

vit

ies

also

ch

ang

e, i

n t

erm

s o

f re

ori

enti

ng

th

e w

ork

on

ho

bb

ies.

Ho

wev

er,

man

y

reti

rees

do

no

t k

no

w w

hat

to

do

wit

h f

ree

tim

e. T

her

eby,

those

peo

ple

, w

ho

thro

ug

ho

ut

thei

r w

ork

ing

car

eers

kep

t th

eir

inte

rest

s an

d w

ere

eng

aged

in

crea

tiv

e w

ork

, ar

e b

ette

r o

ff b

ecau

se t

hei

r p

ensi

on

s w

ill

pro

vid

e th

em t

he

ple

asu

res

they

did

no

t h

ave

tim

e fo

r w

hil

e th

ey w

ere

emp

loy

ed.

In a

far

bet

ter

po

siti

on

are

th

ose

ret

iree

s w

ho

hav

e th

eir

ow

n f

amil

y a

nd

liv

e w

ith

it,

than

th

e re

tire

es w

ho

are

lef

t b

ehin

d,

esp

ecia

lly

th

ose

wh

ose

spo

use

has

die

d.

How

ever

, it

is

import

ant

to n

ote

that

ret

irem

ent

may

be

a v

ery

hap

py

per

iod

of

life

- p

reci

sely

bec

ause

of

the

trem

end

ou

s am

ou

nt

of

free

tim

e -

if a

ret

iree

is h

ealt

hy

, fi

nan

cial

ly s

itu

ated

an

d h

as n

um

ero

us

inte

rest

s.

Une

mpl

oym

ent

Un

fort

un

atel

y,

no

t al

l p

eop

le a

re f

ort

un

ate

eno

ug

h t

o h

ave

a st

able

care

er t

hro

ug

ho

ut

thei

r w

ork

ing

liv

es,

so m

any

peo

ple

hav

e to

dea

l w

ith

th

e

pro

ble

m

of

un

emp

loy

men

t.

Th

eref

ore

, at

th

e en

d

of

this

ch

apte

r,

soci

al

cau

ses

and

psy

cho

log

ical

eff

ects

of

un

emp

loy

men

t w

ill

be

exam

ined

. N

ot

all

cate

go

ries

o

f p

eop

le

are

equ

ally

ex

po

sed

to

u

nem

plo

ym

ent.

T

he

mo

st

vu

lner

able

so

cial

gro

up

s ar

e y

ou

ng

peo

ple

and p

eop

le w

ith l

ow

educa

tional

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of

edu

cati

on

an

d

com

pen

sate

a

po

ore

r b

ack

gro

un

d

and

lo

wer

le

vel

o

f

fore

kn

ow

led

ge

wit

h o

ne'

s o

wn

eff

ort

s.

Imp

ort

ant

fact

ors

th

at a

ffec

t o

ne'

s su

cces

s ar

e th

e fo

llo

win

g:

amb

itio

n,

pen

etra

tin

g p

ow

er an

d co

mm

itm

ent

to th

e w

ork

an

d su

cces

s. A

mb

itio

us

men

, ev

en w

ith

ou

t p

aren

tal

hel

p,

oft

en a

chie

ve

mo

re w

ith

th

eir

dil

igen

t w

ork

than

th

ose

to

w

ho

m ev

ery

thin

g is

"s

erv

ed o

n th

e pal

m."

S

o,

to m

ake

a

com

par

iso

n,

even

th

ou

gh

much

dep

ends

on t

he

card

s o

ne

get

s, w

ith

a q

ual

ity

of

pla

yin

g o

ne

can

win

th

e g

ame

even

if

the

oth

er p

lay

er h

as b

ette

r ca

rds

than

him

. S

till

, a

fact

or

of

luck

pla

ys

an i

mp

ort

ant

role

, an

d,

in c

ase

of

fail

ure

on

e d

oes

no

t al

way

s n

eed

to

bla

me

him

self

. A

fter

all

, in

th

is t

ime

of

glo

bal

eco

no

mic

cri

sis,

man

y d

ilig

ent

wo

rker

s w

ill

lose

th

eir

job

s n

ot

by

thei

r fa

ult

. In

sh

ort

, fo

r m

any

peo

ple

th

e p

erio

d o

f p

erm

anen

t em

plo

ym

ent

wil

l n

ot

nec

essa

rily

b

e a

per

iod

o

f g

reat

b

usi

nes

s su

cces

s.

Th

e en

tire

gen

erat

ion

o

f p

eop

le,

wh

o w

ere

vic

tim

s o

f th

e p

roce

ss o

f tr

ansi

tio

n an

d

pri

vat

izat

ion

, h

as l

ost

a j

ob

or

had

to

ret

ire

just

at

the

pea

k o

f th

eir

crea

tiv

e

ener

gy

. 5. R

etir

emen

t

Ret

irem

ent,

th

e la

st p

has

e o

f th

e w

ork

ing

car

eer,

is

acco

mp

anie

d b

y a

sho

ck s

imil

ar t

o t

he

tran

siti

on

fro

m s

cho

ol

to w

ork

. T

he

gen

eral

ten

den

cy,

wh

ich

is

pre

sen

t in

th

e w

ho

le w

orl

d,

is t

hat

peo

ple

get

ret

ired

mu

ch l

ater

than

bef

ore

. T

his

fac

t is

mai

nly

du

e to

th

e p

rolo

ng

atio

n o

f li

fe,

bu

t is

als

o a

resu

lt o

f lo

w p

ensi

on

s, a

nd

man

y p

eop

le a

re f

orc

ed t

o w

ork

as

lon

g a

s th

ey

feel

cap

able

of

wo

rkin

g.

Ret

irem

ent

bri

ng

s m

any

ch

ang

es.

Fir

stly

, it

ch

ang

es t

he

soci

al s

tatu

s.

Fo

r ex

amp

le,

the

gen

eral

man

ager

of

a co

mp

any

has

a c

om

ple

tely

dif

fere

nt

38

ther

e ar

e se

nio

r au

tho

rs w

ho

stu

die

d s

om

e as

pec

ts o

f w

ork

, su

ch a

s

Xen

op

ho

n,

Cat

o,

Leo

nar

do

, G

alil

eo,

Vo

ban

etc

.

2.

Sm

ith

cit

ed t

hre

e m

ain

rea

son

s w

hy

th

e d

ivis

ion

of

lab

or

incr

ease

s

pro

duct

ivit

y:

it i

ncr

ease

s w

ork

ers'

skil

ls,

saves

tim

e an

d a

llow

s th

e

intr

od

uct

ion

of

mac

hin

ery

.

3.

Tay

lor

intr

oduce

d t

he

so-c

alle

d s

cien

tifi

c m

anag

emen

t th

at i

s b

ased

on

fin

din

g o

pti

mal

met

ho

ds,

an

d m

ach

iner

y a

nd

to

ols

req

uir

ed t

o p

erfo

rm

this

op

erat

ion

.

4.

Gil

bre

th

intr

od

uce

d

the

stu

dy

of

movem

ent

and

tim

e.

In

the

con

stru

ctio

n i

nd

ust

ry h

e fo

un

d t

he

op

tim

al m

eth

od

s o

f m

aso

nry

.

5.

Web

er f

orm

ula

ted

th

e co

nce

pt

of

idea

l ty

pe

of

org

aniz

atio

n,

wh

ich

is

bas

ed

on

sp

ecia

liza

tio

n,

hie

rarc

hy

, fo

rmal

ru

les,

el

igib

ilit

y

and

imp

erso

nal

ity

.

6.

Fo

rd a

pp

lied

Tay

lor'

s p

rin

cip

les

of

scie

nti

fic

man

agem

ent,

in

tro

du

ced

the

mo

vin

g a

ssem

bly

lin

e an

d h

e d

emo

nst

rate

s th

e ef

fica

cy o

f p

rop

er

org

aniz

atio

n o

f w

ork

in

pra

ctic

e.

Exa

mpl

es o

f exa

m q

uest

ions

1.

Wh

ich

au

tho

rs d

ealt

wit

h t

he

pro

ble

ms

of

wo

rk i

n t

he

An

cien

t T

imes

and

th

e R

enai

ssan

ce?

2.

Wh

y

did

S

mit

h

bel

iev

e th

at

the

div

isio

n

of

wo

rk

incr

ease

s

pro

du

ctiv

ity

?

3.

Wh

at a

re t

he

bas

ic p

rin

cip

les

of

scie

nti

fic

man

agem

ent?

4.

Wh

y i

s G

ilb

reth

im

po

rtan

t to

th

e th

eory

of

the

org

aniz

atio

n o

f w

ork

?

5.

On

w

hic

h

pri

nci

ple

s sh

ou

ld,

acco

rdin

g

to

Web

er,

be

bas

ed

wo

rk

org

aniz

atio

n o

f b

ure

aucr

acy

?

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6.

Wh

at

wer

e th

e g

reat

est

ach

iev

emen

ts

of

Hen

ry

Fo

rd?

Wh

y

is

it

imp

ort

ant

to t

he

theo

ry o

f th

e o

rgan

izat

ion

of

wo

rk?

94

stim

ula

tes

emp

loy

ees

to s

top

ch

ang

ing

jo

bs

and

to

try

to

fin

d a

per

man

ent

emp

loy

men

t.

Alt

ho

ug

h t

he

per

iod

of

per

man

ent

emp

loy

men

t is

at

the

sam

e ti

me

the

gre

ates

t p

erio

d o

f su

cces

s in

a c

aree

r, t

hat

succ

ess

is n

ot

the

sam

e fo

r al

l

emp

loy

ees.

It

w

ill

ther

efo

re

be

imp

ort

ant

to

men

tio

n

the

fact

ors

th

at

infl

uen

ce

the

lik

elih

oo

d

of

on

e's

succ

ess

wh

ich

th

e in

div

idu

al

can

no

t

infl

uen

ce

pri

mar

ily

d

ue

to

par

ents

' p

rofe

ssio

ns

and

cl

ass

lev

el.

In

all

soci

etie

s th

ere

is a

ten

den

cy o

f in

her

itin

g t

he

clas

s p

osi

tio

n,

no

t o

nly

bec

ause

of

the

inh

erit

ance

, b

ut

also

bec

ause

of

the

fact

th

at r

ich

par

ents

can

pay

fo

r

an e

lite

sch

oo

l to

ed

uca

te t

hei

r ch

ild

ren

. T

hey

can

als

o p

rovid

e th

e ca

pit

al s

o

that

th

ey c

an s

tart

th

eir

ow

n b

usi

nes

s o

r th

ey h

ave

go

od

co

nn

ecti

on

s to

fin

d a

bet

ter

job

fo

r th

eir

chil

dre

n.

Aft

er a

ll,

rich

peo

ple

hav

e a

gre

ater

lik

elih

oo

d

of

fin

din

g a

wea

lth

y s

po

use

.

Occ

up

atio

n o

f p

aren

ts a

lso

aff

ects

su

cces

s. S

tud

ies

in t

he

U.S

. h

ave

sho

wn

th

at 7

0%

of

peo

ple

hav

e th

e sa

me

lev

el o

f ed

uca

tio

n a

s th

eir

par

ents

.

Ch

ild

ren

of

un

iver

sity

pro

fess

ors

hav

e a

rich

er v

oca

bu

lary

in

chil

dh

oo

d t

han

chil

dre

n o

f p

aren

ts w

ith

lo

wer

ed

uca

tio

nal

sta

tus.

An

d i

nte

llig

ence

lar

gel

y

(85%

) dep

ends

on t

he

gen

es.

Th

eref

ore

, th

e su

cces

s d

epen

ds

on

fac

tors

to

wh

ich

an

in

div

idu

al h

as n

o i

nfl

uen

ce.

Ho

wev

er,

this

do

es n

ot

in a

ny

sen

se

mea

n t

hat

on

e's

acti

vit

y d

oes

no

t af

fect

th

e su

cces

s o

f o

ne'

s ca

reer

. S

ince

in

mo

der

n s

oci

etie

s ed

uca

tio

n i

s av

aila

ble

to

alm

ost

all

so

cial

cla

sses

- a

nd

educa

tion i

s one

of

the

most

im

port

ant

fact

ors

fo

r su

cces

s -

it i

s cl

ear

that

edu

cati

on

is

the

mea

ns

wit

h w

hic

h c

hil

dre

n w

ho

co

me

fro

m t

he

po

ore

st

fam

ilie

s ca

n s

kip

a n

um

ber

of

step

s o

n t

he

soci

al l

add

er a

nd

bec

om

e ri

cher

and

mo

re s

ucc

essf

ul

than

th

eir

par

ents

. T

he

lev

el o

f ed

uca

tio

n o

f th

e p

aren

ts

do

es n

ot

hav

e to

be

a cr

uci

al f

acto

r b

ecau

se a

per

son

can

acq

uir

e a

hig

h l

evel

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mo

no

ton

y o

f w

ork

, jo

b i

nse

curi

ty,

auto

crat

ic a

nd

so

met

imes

im

mo

ral

and

ille

gal

b

ehav

ior

of

man

ager

s. In

ad

dit

ion

, at

th

e b

egin

nin

g o

f h

is ca

reer

emp

loy

ees

gen

eral

ly d

o j

ob

s th

at a

re b

elo

w t

he

lev

el t

hat

th

ey e

xp

ecte

d

du

rin

g t

hei

r sc

ho

oli

ng

. T

he

inte

rnsh

ip p

erio

d r

un

s fr

om

gra

du

atio

n t

o o

bta

in

per

man

ent

emp

loy

men

t. T

his

per

iod

is

char

acte

rize

d b

y l

arg

e h

ori

zon

tal

and

smal

l v

erti

cal

mo

bil

ity

. S

o,

for

exam

ple

, p

eop

le

in

the

U.S

.,

wh

o

are

bet

wee

n 1

8 t

o 3

5 y

ears

old

, ch

ang

e o

n a

ver

age

thre

e jo

bs,

an

d o

ver

35

yea

rs

of

age

un

til

thei

r re

tire

men

t o

ne

job

on

av

erag

e. T

he

per

iod

of

inte

rnsh

ip i

s

also

th

e p

erio

d w

hen

, b

ecau

se o

f la

ck o

f ex

per

ience

and t

he

pri

nci

ple

of

sen

iori

ty,

it i

s th

e m

ost

dif

ficu

lt t

o g

et a

jo

b.

Ho

wev

er,

tho

se w

ho

hav

e

succ

essf

ull

y o

ver

com

e th

e in

tern

ship

per

iod

are

co

min

g t

o t

he

pea

k o

f th

eir

care

er, an

d t

hat

is

a p

erio

d o

f per

man

ent

emplo

ym

ent.

4. P

erm

anen

t em

ploy

men

t

Th

e p

erio

d o

f p

erm

anen

t em

plo

ym

ent

do

es n

ot

beg

in a

t th

e sa

me

tim

e

for

all

emplo

yee

s. H

ow

ever

, fu

ll-t

ime

emplo

ym

ent

typic

ally

beg

ins

at t

he

age

of

35

an

d l

asts

un

til

reti

rem

ent

at t

he

age

of

65

. D

uri

ng

per

man

ent

emp

loy

men

t -

un

lik

e al

l p

rev

iou

s st

ages

of

wo

rkin

g c

aree

r –

ther

e is

a b

ig

ver

tica

l an

d s

mal

l h

ori

zon

tal

mo

bil

ity

. In

oth

er w

ord

s, d

uri

ng

th

is p

erio

d w

e

can

ex

pec

t co

nti

nu

ou

s ca

reer

ad

van

cem

ent,

esp

ecia

lly

am

on

g h

igh

ly s

kil

led

wo

rker

s. S

ince

th

e b

enef

its

are

asso

ciat

ed w

ith

th

e ad

van

cem

ent,

th

is p

erio

d

is c

har

acte

rize

d b

y f

inan

cial

sec

uri

ty a

nd

th

e ac

hie

vem

ent

of

pro

fess

ion

al

amb

itio

ns.

Get

tin

g a

per

man

ent

job

is

mo

stly

co

nn

ecte

d w

ith

get

tin

g m

arri

ed

for

two r

easo

ns.

Fir

stly

, fu

ll-t

ime

emplo

ym

ent

pro

vid

es m

ater

ial

secu

rity

,

and

hel

ps

peo

ple

to

dec

ide

to g

et m

arri

ed m

ore

eas

ily

. S

eco

nd

ly,

mar

riag

e

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4.

Elto

n M

ayo'

s Exp

erim

ents

(188

0-19

49)

Th

ere

was

, fo

r ex

amp

le,

a w

ork

er w

ho

com

pla

ined

a g

reat

dea

l ab

out

bad

fo

od

at

a

rest

aura

nt.

A

fe

w

day

s af

ter

the

inte

rvie

w,

she

acci

den

tall

y

met

th

e in

terv

iew

er

and

th

anked

him

fo

r m

akin

g

the

adm

inis

trat

ion

co

nv

ey h

er c

om

pla

int

and

ther

e w

as a

big

im

pro

vem

ent.

A

nd

th

e in

terv

iew

er

did

n

ot

do

an

yth

ing

, ex

cep

t th

at

he

gav

e th

e w

ork

ers

a ch

ance

to

co

mp

lain

. (M

ille

r an

d F

orm

).

Life

and

car

eer o

f May

o

Un

lik

e T

aylo

r an

d G

ilb

reth

, w

ho

had

beg

un

to

dea

l w

ith

th

e th

eory

afte

r st

arti

ng

th

eir

care

ers

as o

rdin

ary

wo

rker

s, M

ayo

sta

rted

do

ing

res

earc

h

wo

rk a

s a

un

iver

sity

pro

fess

or

(he

tau

gh

t lo

gic

s an

d p

sych

olo

gy

). H

is c

aree

r

beg

an

in

his

n

ativ

e A

ust

rali

a,

wh

ere

he

tau

gh

t at

th

e U

niv

ersi

ty

of

Qu

een

slan

d.

In

19

19

M

ayo

w

as

awar

ded

R

ock

efel

ler

sch

ola

rsh

ip

at

the

Un

iver

sity

of

Pen

nsy

lvan

ia.

Fro

m 1

92

6 t

o 1

94

7 h

e ta

ug

ht

ind

ust

rial

res

earc

h

at H

arv

ard

B

usi

nes

s S

cho

ol.

In

th

e U

SA

, M

ayo

ca

rrie

d o

ut

his

fa

mo

us

exp

erim

ents

wh

ich

fo

un

ded

so

cio

log

y o

f w

ork

as

a sc

ien

ce.2

3

Exp

erim

ents

with

ligh

ting

Stu

art

Ch

ase

(19

45

) d

escr

ibes

May

o's

ex

per

imen

t w

ith

lig

hti

ng

th

at

sig

nif

ican

tly

in

flu

ence

d t

he

late

r fo

rmat

ion

of

his

th

eory

:

In 1

92

4 W

este

rn E

lect

ric

agre

ed t

o s

tud

y t

he

imp

act

of

lig

hti

ng

o

n w

ork

. It

was

ass

um

ed t

hat

th

e b

ette

r th

e li

gh

tin

g,

the

bet

ter

the

pro

du

ctiv

ity

. T

wo

gro

up

s o

f w

ork

ers

wer

e se

lect

ed.

Th

e co

ntr

ol

gro

up

23 F

or

a m

ore

det

aile

d d

escr

ipti

on

of

the

life

and w

ork

of

May

o's

see

Mil

ler,

D

elb

ert

C,

an

d W

illi

an H

. F

orm

, In

dust

rial

Soc

iolo

gy: a

n In

trod

uctio

n to

the

Soci

olog

y of

Wor

k Re

latio

ns, N

ew Y

ork

: H

arp

er a

nd

Bro

ther

s, 1

95

1, p

p 1

4-9

an

d 5

3-1

12

.

92

oft

en e

ven

ash

amed

of

thei

r jo

bs

bec

ause

th

ey b

elie

ve

that

th

is i

s a

job

bel

ow

thei

r in

tell

ectu

al

cap

abil

itie

s.

Th

at

firs

t jo

b

is

char

acte

rize

d

by

la

rge

ho

rizo

nta

l an

d s

mal

l v

erti

cal

mo

bil

ity

. H

ow

ever

, d

uri

ng

th

eir

coll

ege

yea

rs,

they

can

get

bet

ter

job

s. P

up

ils

and

stu

den

ts o

ften

wo

rk p

art-

tim

e o

r w

ork

du

rin

g t

he

ho

lid

ays.

So

, it

is

a te

mp

ora

ry e

mp

loy

men

t, a

nd

ed

uca

tio

n t

akes

pre

ced

ence

ov

er w

ork

.

3. T

rans

ition

from

scho

ol to

wor

k an

d in

tern

ship

per

iod

T

he

tran

siti

on f

rom

sch

ool

to w

ork

(w

ith t

he

tran

siti

on t

o r

etir

emen

t)

is o

ne

of

two

maj

or

mil

esto

nes

in

th

e w

ork

ing

lif

e o

f m

an.

Th

eref

ore

, w

e

wil

l fi

rst

stat

e th

e m

ost

im

po

rtan

t d

iffe

ren

ces

bet

wee

n

the

per

iod

o

f

edu

cati

on

an

d p

erio

ds

of

emp

loy

men

t. T

he

firs

t b

ig d

iffe

ren

ce i

s a

bet

ter

and

mo

re

imm

edia

te

mo

tiv

atio

n

for

work

ing

than

fo

r ed

uca

tin

g.

When

emp

loy

ed,

the

wo

rker

get

s a

sala

ry,

and t

his

enab

les

him

to

sat

isfy

a l

arg

e

nu

mb

er o

f h

is n

eed

s. H

ow

ever

, th

e w

ork

sch

edu

le i

s m

uch

str

icte

r at

th

e

wo

rk p

lace

th

an a

t sc

ho

ol,

an

d t

he

amo

un

t o

f fr

ee t

ime

is r

edu

ced

. D

isci

pli

ne

at w

ork

is

also

str

icte

r th

an a

t sc

ho

ol.

Du

rin

g h

is s

tud

ies

he

is d

evel

op

ing

-

by

re

spec

tin

g th

e au

tho

rity

o

f P

rofe

sso

r -

coll

egia

l re

lati

on

ship

b

etw

een

teac

her

s an

d

stu

den

ts,

at

wo

rk

a st

rict

er

com

pli

ance

w

ith

the

form

al

auth

ori

ty o

f th

e su

per

vis

or

is u

sual

ly e

xp

ecte

d.

At

wo

rk,

pro

gre

ss i

s sl

ow

er

than

at

sc

ho

ol,

an

d

the

pro

ced

ure

o

f ad

van

cem

ent

is

less

d

efin

ed.

Ad

van

cem

ent

oft

en d

epen

ds

on

fac

tors

th

at a

re n

ot

dir

ectl

y a

sso

ciat

ed w

ith

the

qu

alit

y

of

wo

rk.

Ad

van

cem

ent

dep

end

s o

n

rela

tio

nsh

ips,

fr

ien

dsh

ip,

bea

uty

o

r as

sert

iven

ess

of

emp

loy

ees.

P

sych

olo

gic

al

pro

ble

ms

of

yo

un

g

emplo

yee

s ca

n c

ause

som

e oth

er f

acto

rs -

wo

rk w

ith

th

e o

lder

po

pu

lati

on

(du

rin

g t

hei

r sc

ho

ol

yea

rs s

tud

ents

are

const

antl

y s

urr

ounded

by t

hei

r pee

rs),

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go

ing

to

sch

oo

l ch

ild

ren

hav

e to

get

use

d t

o t

he

sch

edu

le i

n w

hic

h a

larg

e p

art

of

the

day

th

ey m

ust

dev

ote

to

lea

rnin

g.

2.

Sch

oo

l te

ach

es c

hil

dre

n t

o r

esp

ect

auth

ori

ty,

esp

ecia

lly

th

e au

tho

rity

of

the

teac

her

. T

his

res

pec

t fo

r h

iera

rch

y i

s la

ter

tran

smit

ted

to

acc

ept

the

auth

ori

ty o

f th

eir

sup

erio

rs a

t th

e w

ork

pla

ce.

3.

Sch

oo

l al

so

dev

elo

ps

oth

er

char

acte

r tr

aits

su

ch

as:

dil

igen

ce,

per

sist

ence

, co

mp

etit

ive

spir

it,

gri

t, g

oo

d-m

ann

ers,

so

lid

arit

y,

etc.

4.

Ho

wev

er,

som

e n

egat

ive

ph

eno

men

a ar

e al

so

dev

elo

pin

g

– b

ein

g

env

iou

s o

f b

ette

r st

ud

ents

, ly

ing

to

ju

stif

y n

on

-att

end

ance

at

sch

oo

l,

etc.

5.

Du

rin

g s

cho

ol

yea

rs t

he

amo

un

t o

f w

ork

o

uts

ide

sch

oo

l in

crea

ses.

Dai

ly d

uti

es m

ay i

ncl

ud

e p

erfo

rmin

g h

ou

seh

old

ch

ore

s, l

oo

kin

g a

fter

sib

lin

gs,

h

elp

ing

w

ith

th

e fa

mil

y b

usi

nes

s, ta

kin

g th

e g

arb

age

ou

t,

go

ing

to

th

e st

ore

an

d e

tc.

2. F

irst

jobs

M

ost

st

ud

ents

ea

rn

thei

r fi

rst

spen

din

g

money

in

hig

h

school.

Alt

ho

ug

h w

e d

o n

ot

hav

e ac

cura

te d

ata

on

th

e p

erce

nta

ge

of

stu

den

ts w

ho

are

wo

rkin

g i

n C

roat

ia (

the

larg

est

par

t o

f th

e w

ork

do

ne

is n

ot

reg

iste

red

),

on

e g

ets

the

imp

ress

ion

th

at t

his

is

less

th

an i

n t

he

U.S

. w

her

e 8

0%

of

hig

h

sch

oo

l st

ud

ents

an

d 9

7%

of

un

iver

sity

stu

den

ts w

ork

occ

asio

nal

ly.

The

most

com

mo

n m

oti

ves

fo

r th

e fi

rst

emp

loy

men

t ar

e: e

arn

ing

mo

ney

, g

ain

ing

wo

rk

exp

erie

nce

, g

ain

ing

fi

nan

cial

in

dep

end

ence

fr

om

p

aren

ts

and

g

ain

ing

con

fid

ence

.

D

uri

ng

sc

ho

oli

ng

, th

ey

are

most

ly

doin

g

the

sim

ple

st

jobs

-

wai

tres

sin

g,

ph

ysi

cal

lab

or,

sel

lin

g n

ewsp

aper

s et

c. P

up

ils

and

stu

den

ts a

re

42

wo

rked

un

der

th

e sa

me

lig

hti

ng

all

th

e ti

me.

Th

e li

gh

tin

g w

as g

rad

ual

ly

inte

nsi

fied

in

th

e ex

per

imen

tal

gro

up

. A

nd

in

th

at g

rou

p p

rod

uct

ivit

y

incr

ease

d.

Exce

llen

t! I

t m

ight

be

exp

ecte

d.

Ho

wev

er,

the

pro

du

ctiv

ity

o

f th

e co

ntr

ol

gro

up

als

o w

ent

up

, al

tho

ug

h t

he

lig

hti

ng

was

no

t b

ette

r fo

r a

can

dle

! T

his

was

to

tall

y u

nex

pec

ted

. T

her

e w

ere

also

so

me

oth

er

stra

ng

e re

sult

s. T

hey

red

uce

d t

he

bri

gh

tnes

s o

f th

e ex

per

imen

tal

gro

up

s b

elo

w t

he

lev

el o

f b

rig

htn

ess

of

the

con

tro

l g

rou

p.

Th

e p

rod

uct

ivit

y o

f ex

per

imen

tal

gro

up

in

crea

sed

! A

nd

th

e sa

me

hap

pen

ed i

n t

he

contr

ol

gro

up

!24

Ho

w t

o e

xp

lain

th

ese

un

exp

ecte

d r

esu

lts

of

the

exp

erim

ent?

Ho

w t

o

exp

lain

th

at p

rod

uct

ivit

y w

as i

ncr

easi

ng

in

th

e ex

per

imen

tal

gro

up u

nti

l it

reac

hed

th

e le

vel

of

lig

ht

such

as

mo

on

lig

ht!

? M

ayo

had

no

an

swer

to

th

e

qu

esti

on

s w

hil

e d

oin

g

the

exp

erim

ent.

H

e fo

un

d

the

answ

ers

to

thes

e

qu

esti

on

s o

nly

aft

er h

is l

ater

ex

per

imen

ts.

Exp

erim

ents

with

rela

ys

To

an

swer

th

ese

qu

esti

on

s an

d t

o e

xp

lore

ad

dit

ion

al f

acto

rs t

hat

aff

ect

the

pro

du

ctiv

ity

o

f la

bo

r, M

ayo

o

rgan

ized

a

new

ex

per

imen

t in

th

e te

st

roo

m,

wh

ere

six

fem

ale

wo

rker

s –

wh

o w

ere

cho

sen

in

su

ch a

way

th

at t

he

two

ch

ose

n h

ad t

o c

ho

ose

th

e o

ther

fo

ur

rem

ain

ing

co

-wo

rker

s –

work

ed o

n

tele

ph

on

e re

lay

s. D

uri

ng

th

e ex

per

imen

t, s

om

e p

oli

cies

wer

e ch

ang

ed a

nd

they

m

easu

red

h

ow

th

ese

chan

ges

af

fect

th

e p

rod

uct

ivit

y

of

lab

or.

T

he

exp

erim

ent

had

th

e fo

llo

win

g s

tag

es:

1.

Th

e fi

rst

con

dit

ion

was

a w

ork

ing

wee

k o

f 4

8 h

ou

rs (

six d

ays

a w

eek

for

eig

ht

ho

urs

of

wo

rk).

No b

reak

whil

e w

ork

ing.

24 D

escr

ipti

ons

of

the

exper

imen

ts t

aken

fro

m C

has

e, S

tuar

t an

d M

aria

n T

yle

r C

has

e, 1

945, M

en a

t Wor

k, so

me

dem

ocra

tic m

etho

ds fo

r the

pow

er a

ge, H

arco

urt

, B

race

an

d C

om

pan

y,

New

Yo

rk,

pp

. 9

-27

.

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2.

Intr

od

uct

ion

o

f a

gro

up

p

aym

ent

acco

rdin

g

to

per

form

ance

-

pro

du

ctiv

ity

in

crea

sed

.

3.

Wo

rker

s w

ere

giv

en

two

b

reak

s fo

r 5

m

inu

tes

– p

rod

uct

ivit

y

incr

ease

d.

4.

Bre

aks

wer

e ex

ten

ded

to

10

min

ute

s -

pro

du

ctiv

ity

gre

atly

in

crea

sed

.

5.

Intr

od

uct

ion

o

f si

x

bre

aks

for

5

min

ute

s –

pro

du

ctiv

ity

sl

igh

tly

dec

reas

ed.

6.

Bre

aks

wer

e re

du

ced

to

tw

o,

bu

t w

ith

a h

ot

mea

l pai

d b

y t

he

com

pan

y

- p

rod

uct

ivit

y i

ncr

ease

d.

7.

Th

e w

ork

ing

day

was

red

uce

d f

or

hal

f an

ho

ur

- p

rod

uct

ivit

y g

reat

ly

incr

ease

d.

8.

An

oth

er h

alf-

ho

ur

sho

rten

ing

- p

rod

uct

ivit

y r

emai

ned

th

e sa

me.

9.

Ex

ten

sio

n o

f w

ork

ing

day

fo

r an

ho

ur

- p

rod

uct

ivit

y i

ncr

ease

d.

10

. W

ork

ing

co

nd

itio

ns

wer

e re

turn

ed t

o t

he

beg

inn

ing

of

the

exper

imen

t

– p

rod

uct

ivit

y m

axim

ally

in

crea

sed

!

Ho

w t

o e

xp

lain

th

ese

un

exp

ecte

d r

esu

lts?

Do

th

ey m

ean

th

at i

t d

oes

no

t m

atte

r w

hat

th

e li

gh

tin

g i

s at

th

e w

ork

pla

ce,

or

if t

he

work

ers

hav

e a

bre

ak o

r n

ot,

or

if y

ou

giv

e th

em t

hei

r m

eal

or

no

t, o

r w

hat

th

eir

wo

rkin

g

ho

urs

ar

e?

Th

e an

swer

to

th

ese

qu

esti

on

s is

n

egat

ive.

A

ll

this

af

fect

s

pro

du

ctiv

ity

, b

ut

ther

e w

as a

no

ther

fac

tor,

th

at w

as u

nti

l th

en n

egle

cted

, an

d

that

is

the

ple

asu

re o

f m

en i

n t

he

wo

rkp

lace

. W

hen

May

o d

isco

ver

ed t

his

,

un

til

then

neg

lect

ed f

acto

r, a

sp

ecia

l b

ran

ch o

f so

cio

log

y w

as f

ou

nd

ed -

soci

olo

gy

of

wo

rk.

90

the

earl

y p

erio

d o

f li

fe s

tim

ula

te t

he

succ

ess

at w

ork

bu

sin

ess

in t

he

mat

ure

ph

ase

of

life

. T

he

role

of

par

ents

is

par

ticu

larl

y i

mp

ort

ant

sin

ce c

hil

dre

n

un

con

scio

usl

y

tak

e th

eir

par

ents

as

ro

le

mo

del

s.

Ev

en

the

firs

t w

ork

exper

ience

, w

hic

h b

egin

s ar

ound t

he

thir

d y

ear

of

life

, is

ass

oci

ated

wit

h

kn

ow

led

ge

of

the

chil

dre

n

that

th

e par

ents

go

to

work

ev

ery

day

. B

y

imit

atin

g a

du

lts,

kid

s lo

ve

to p

lay

th

e ro

les

of

cert

ain

pro

fess

ion

s. T

hey

lo

ve

to m

ake

cak

es w

ith

th

eir

mo

ther

s o

r p

lay

th

e ro

le o

f th

e w

ork

ing

ph

ysi

cian

s,

sale

sper

son

etc

. S

uch

gam

es a

re i

mp

ort

ant

in t

he

stu

dy

of

soci

aliz

atio

n a

nd

ther

efo

re

sho

uld

b

e en

cou

rag

ed.

Ch

ild

ren

sh

ou

ld

be

inv

olv

ed

in

wo

rk

acti

vit

ies

at h

om

e m

ore

oft

en,

for

exam

ple

, w

hen

cle

anin

g t

he

apar

tmen

t.

Ch

ild

ren

sh

ou

ld l

earn

to

do

cer

tain

tas

ks

as s

oo

n a

s th

ey c

an p

erfo

rm s

om

e

acti

vit

ies

- p

utt

ing

th

e to

ys

in t

he

toy

bo

x,

mak

ing

bed

s. I

n t

his

way

, p

aren

ts

hav

e le

ss h

ou

seh

old

ch

ore

s, a

nd

ch

ild

ren

acq

uir

e w

ork

hab

its.

Ho

wev

er,

it i

s

extr

emel

y i

mp

ort

ant

to p

rais

e a

chil

d f

or

each

act

ivit

y w

hic

h i

s ca

rrie

d o

ut,

bec

ause

pra

ise

and

aw

ard

s ad

dit

ion

ally

mo

tiv

ate

kid

s to

wo

rk.

So

, ti

ps

on

mo

tiv

atio

n,

rew

ard

s an

d p

un

ish

men

t, w

hic

h w

ere

ou

tlin

ed i

n t

he

pre

vio

us

chap

ter,

can

be

par

tial

ly a

pp

lied

to

mo

tiv

ate

chil

dre

n t

o w

ork

. T

hu

s, f

or

exam

ple

, th

e m

eth

od

se

lf-f

ulf

illi

ng

p

rop

hec

y ca

n b

e ap

pli

ed to

ch

ild

ren

.

Ass

ura

nce

th

at t

hey

wil

l su

ccee

d i

n t

hei

r ef

fort

s if

th

ey w

ork

har

d e

no

ug

h,

incr

ease

s th

e li

kel

iho

od

th

at a

ch

ild

wil

l ac

tual

ly s

ucc

eed i

n a

chie

vin

g t

he

go

al (

for

exam

ple

, in

lea

rnin

g).

1. b

) Sch

ool a

nd w

ork

soci

aliz

atio

n

Th

e b

egin

nin

g o

f th

e sc

ho

ol

per

iod

mak

es a

hu

ge

mil

esto

ne

in c

hil

d's

soci

aliz

atio

n.

Th

e m

ost

im

po

rtan

t in

flu

ence

s o

f sc

ho

ol

are

the

foll

ow

ing

:

1.

Sch

oo

l te

ach

es c

hil

dre

n s

elf-

dis

cip

lin

e. M

any

ch

ild

ren

had

alm

ost

a

wh

ole

day

to

pla

y b

efo

re s

tart

ing

sch

oo

l. H

ow

ever

, w

hen

th

ey s

tart

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89

8. W

orki

ng c

aree

r

Ev

ery

thin

g I

hav

e d

on

e so

far

in

my

lif

e, I

hav

e done

in o

rder

to

do

les

s. (

ano

ny

mo

us

gra

ffit

i)

Intr

oduc

tion

Th

is

chap

ter

exam

ines

th

e re

lati

on

ship

b

etw

een

a

man

an

d

wo

rk

du

rin

g h

is l

ifet

ime,

fro

m b

irth

til

l th

e en

d o

f li

fe.

Th

e g

oal

of

the

chap

ter

is

to i

ntr

oduce

stu

den

ts t

o t

he

bas

ic c

har

acte

rist

ics

of

the

ind

ivid

ual

sta

ges

of

the

wo

rkin

g c

aree

r an

d t

he

pro

ble

ms

that

wai

t fo

r th

em i

n t

hes

e st

ages

.

We

dis

tin

gu

ish

fiv

e st

ages

of

the

wo

rkin

g c

aree

r:34

1.

Pre

par

atio

n

a. P

re-s

cho

ol

per

iod

b.

Sch

oo

l p

erio

d

2.

Fir

st j

ob

s

3.

Th

e tr

ansi

tio

n f

rom

sch

oo

l to

wo

rk a

nd

in

tern

ship

per

iod

4.

Per

man

ent

emplo

ym

ent

5.

Pen

sio

n

1. P

repa

ratio

n 1.

a) P

re-s

choo

l per

iod

As

we

hav

e p

rev

iou

sly

st

ated

(s

ee

p.

55

-6),

ch

ild

ho

od

h

as

an

imp

ort

ant

role

in

th

e w

ork

ing

car

eer,

as

wo

rkin

g h

abit

s th

at a

re a

cqu

ired

in

34 D

isp

lay

of

wo

rkin

g c

aree

rs i

s al

so m

ade

acco

rdin

g t

o M

ull

er a

nd F

orm

, O

p.

cit.

, p

p.

62

7-9

58

.

44

Exp

lana

tion

of e

xper

imen

tal r

esul

ts

Lat

er,

rese

arch

res

ult

s o

f th

e ex

per

imen

t sh

ow

ed t

hat

th

e d

ecis

ion

,

wh

en t

he

two

sta

ff m

emb

ers

had

to

ch

oo

se t

hei

r co

-wo

rker

s, m

igh

t h

ave

bee

n c

ruci

al f

or

the

exp

erim

ent.

Th

is c

reat

ed a

co

mp

act

wo

rkin

g t

eam

in

wh

ich

th

e w

ork

ers

felt

co

mfo

rtab

le o

r at

lea

st f

ar m

ore

co

mfo

rtab

le t

han

at

thei

r u

sual

wo

rkin

g p

lace

, w

her

e th

ey h

ad n

ever

bee

n a

sked

ab

ou

t an

yth

ing

,

esp

ecia

lly

no

t ab

ou

t w

ho

th

ey w

ante

d t

o w

ork

wit

h.

Ho

wev

er,

this

was

ju

st

on

e o

f th

e re

aso

ns

for

rela

tiv

ely

h

igh

p

rod

uct

ivit

y

of

wo

rker

s fo

r th

e

du

rati

on

o

f th

e ex

per

imen

t,

esp

ecia

lly

in

it

s fi

nal

st

age.

A

no

ther

v

ery

imp

ort

ant

fact

or

was

th

at t

he

wo

rker

s fe

lt t

hat

so

meo

ne

app

reci

ated

th

em

and

th

ey f

elt

imp

ort

ant

(wh

ich

was

no

t th

e ca

se b

efo

re)

bec

ause

th

ey k

new

that

th

ey w

ere

par

tici

pat

ing

in

th

e ex

per

imen

t. T

he

sense

of

import

ance

incr

ease

d

thei

r sa

tisf

acti

on

at

w

ork

w

hic

h

po

siti

vel

y

affe

cted

th

e

pro

du

ctiv

ity

. T

his

ev

en l

ed t

o a

dec

reas

e o

f ab

sen

teei

sm.

So

met

imes

th

ere

was

th

e im

pre

ssio

n t

hat

th

e g

irls

co

uld

no

t w

ait

to g

et t

o w

ork

! T

hey

sel

ecte

d

the

met

hod o

f w

ork

them

selv

es,

wh

ich

en

cou

rag

ed c

reat

ivit

y.

(Was

th

is i

n

acco

rdan

ce w

ith

Tay

lor'

s ad

vic

e?)

Job

sat

isfa

ctio

n l

ed t

o a

sen

se o

f re

lati

ve

free

dom

in p

erfo

rmin

g t

hei

r jo

bs,

whic

h w

ork

ers

did

not

abuse

, an

d i

t al

so

incr

ease

d

thei

r se

nse

o

f re

spo

nsi

bil

ity.

Po

siti

ve

rela

tio

nsh

ips

wer

e al

so

refl

ecte

d i

n t

he

fact

th

at t

hey

wer

e n

ot

just

wo

rker

s h

elp

ing

eac

h o

ther

at

wo

rk,

bu

t th

ey a

lso

beg

an t

o s

oci

aliz

e ex

ten

siv

ely

in

th

eir

spar

e ti

me,

an

d

wh

en t

he

arg

um

ents

bro

ke

ou

t, t

hey

had

a c

har

acte

rist

ic o

f a

fam

ily

feu

d

rath

er t

han

dis

rup

ted

hu

man

rel

atio

nsh

ips.

All

this

gre

atly

red

uce

d m

enta

l

fati

gu

e o

f w

ork

ers,

an

d i

t w

as a

new

fac

tor

fou

nd

in

May

o's

ex

per

imen

ts.

Unti

l th

en,

rese

arch

ers

had

bee

n

full

y

focu

sed

o

n

the

elim

inat

ion

an

d

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red

uct

ion

of

ph

ysi

cal

fati

gu

e. I

n p

rev

iou

s st

ud

ies

hu

man

s w

ere

trea

ted

as

a

kin

d o

f m

ach

ine,

in

wh

ich

th

e w

ork

had

to

rea

ch a

n o

pti

mal

rat

io b

etw

een

the

ener

gy

in

ves

ted

an

d t

he

per

form

ance

acc

om

pli

shed

. H

ow

ever

, M

ayo

's

exp

erim

ents

sh

ow

ed t

hat

th

e m

an s

ho

uld

not

be

trea

ted a

s a

mac

hin

e, a

nd

that

we

mu

st t

ake

care

of

his

men

tal

moo

d a

t th

e w

ork

pla

ce.

Th

is w

as o

ne

of

the

gre

ates

t ac

hie

vem

ents

of

May

o's

ex

per

imen

ts.

The

basi

c el

emen

ts o

f May

o's t

heor

y

Bas

ed o

n h

is e

xp

erim

ents

, M

ayo

form

ula

ted a

theo

ry w

hic

h i

s al

so c

alle

d

the

theo

ry

of

hu

man

re

lati

on

s (h

um

an

rela

tio

ns

app

roac

h).

T

he

bas

ic

elem

ents

of

this

th

eory

are

th

e fo

llo

win

g:

1.

So

fa

r th

e st

ud

ies

hav

e fo

cuse

d

on

th

e in

div

idual

m

oti

vat

ion

of

wo

rker

s. H

ow

ever

, M

ayo

sh

ow

ed t

hat

, at

th

e w

ork

pla

ce,

work

ers

act

as a

tea

m,

no

t ju

st a

s a

gro

up

of

iso

late

d i

nd

ivid

ual

s.

2.

Co

llab

ora

tio

n a

t th

e w

ork

pla

ce d

oes

no

t al

way

s o

ccu

r sp

on

tan

eou

sly

-

it n

eed

s to

be

stim

ula

ted

. O

ne

po

ssib

le w

ay t

o a

chie

ve

this

is

to l

et t

he

wo

rker

s ch

oo

se t

hei

r o

wn

co

-wo

rker

s.

3.

Ind

ivid

ual

pro

ble

ms

wit

h w

ork

ers

may

be

du

e to

so

cial

pro

ble

ms.

Fo

r

exam

ple

, a

go

od

wo

rker

can

su

dd

enly

per

form

bad

ly a

t w

ork

if

he

get

s in

to c

on

flic

t w

ith

his

co

llea

gu

es a

t th

e w

ork

pla

ce,

and

fam

ily

pro

ble

ms

can

hav

e an

im

pac

t o

n a

per

son

's w

ork

as

wel

l.

4.

Wo

rk i

s n

ot

just

a m

ean

s o

f ea

rnin

g m

on

ey,

bu

t it

can

als

o b

e a

sou

rce

of

hu

man

sat

isfa

ctio

n.

5.

Mo

ney

is

just

a m

ean

s to

sti

mu

late

wo

rker

s.

6.

Pro

du

ctiv

ity

o

f w

ork

d

epen

ds,

am

on

g

oth

er

thin

gs,

o

n

wo

rker

s'

acce

pta

nce

of

the

form

al s

up

erv

iso

r as

a r

eal

lead

er.

Sp

ecif

ical

ly,

if

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8.

At

the

dis

cip

lin

ary

mee

tin

g,

the

emp

loy

ee n

eed

s to

kn

ow

wh

at h

e d

id

wro

ng

, w

hat

is

exp

ecte

d f

rom

him

an

d w

hat

wil

l h

app

en i

f h

e d

oes

no

t

chan

ge

his

beh

avio

r.

Exa

mpl

es o

f exa

m q

uest

ions

1.

Ex

pla

in t

he

dif

fere

nce

bet

wee

n i

ntr

insi

c an

d e

xtr

insi

c m

oti

vat

ion

!

2.

Wh

ich

rew

ard

s ca

n b

e g

iven

to

em

plo

yee

s?

3.

Wh

at k

ind

of

pri

ze m

on

ey h

as t

he

hig

hes

t m

oti

vat

ion

al f

orc

e?

4.

Wh

at a

re t

he

alte

rnat

ives

to

pu

nis

hm

ent?

5.

Wh

ich

pri

nci

ple

s sh

ou

ld b

e re

spec

ted

du

rin

g p

un

ish

men

t?

6.

What

pen

alti

es m

ay b

e im

pose

d o

n e

mplo

yee

s?

7.

Fo

r w

hat

kin

d o

f o

ffen

se i

s a

ver

bal

war

nin

g g

iven

?

8.

Fo

r w

hat

kin

d o

f o

ffen

ce i

s a

wri

tten

war

nin

g g

iven

?

9.

Fo

r w

hat

ty

pe

of

vio

lati

on

s ca

n a

n e

mp

loy

ee b

e im

med

iate

ly f

ired

?

10

. S

pec

ify

th

e ru

les

for

con

du

ctin

g a

dis

cip

lin

ary

mee

tin

g!

46

the

super

vis

or

is n

ot

an a

uth

ori

ty t

o w

ork

ers

- b

ecau

se t

he

sup

erv

iso

r

do

es n

ot

kn

ow

or

can

no

t o

rgan

ize

wo

rk -

th

en t

he

pro

du

ctio

n e

ffec

ts

wil

l b

e w

ors

e th

an e

xp

ecte

d.

7.

Ph

ysi

cal

wo

rkin

g

con

dit

ion

s,

alth

ou

gh

si

gn

ific

ant,

h

ave

a sm

alle

r

imp

act

on

pro

du

ctiv

ity

th

an t

he

psy

cho

log

ical

an

d s

oci

al f

acto

rs.

8.

Fee

lin

gs

and

sat

isfa

ctio

n o

f em

plo

yee

s at

wo

rk h

ave

a g

reat

im

pac

t o

n

pro

du

ctiv

ity

.

9.

Men

tal

fati

gu

e is

wo

rse

for

lab

or

pro

du

ctiv

ity

th

an p

hy

sica

l fa

tig

ue.

10

. It

is

nec

essa

ry t

o a

llo

w t

he

wo

rker

s to

say

wh

at b

oth

ers

them

(se

e th

e

exam

ple

at

the

beg

inn

ing

of

this

ch

apte

r).

11

. W

ork

and l

eisu

re c

an n

ever

be

com

ple

tely

sep

arat

ed.

Th

e si

tuat

ion

at

ho

me

sig

nif

ican

tly

aff

ects

pro

du

ctiv

ity

of

wo

rk.

12

. E

mp

loy

ers

wh

o c

are

abo

ut

the

nee

ds

of

wo

rker

s an

d r

esp

ect

wo

rker

s

ach

iev

e g

reat

er p

rod

uct

ivit

y.

It i

s in

th

e in

tere

st o

f em

plo

yer

s to

hav

e

a h

um

ane

atti

tud

e to

war

d w

ork

ers.

13

. In

form

al

gro

ups

are

ver

y

impo

rtan

t fo

r th

e fu

nct

ion

ing

o

f th

e

com

pan

y.

Cri

ticis

m o

f May

o's t

heor

y

Alt

ho

ug

h M

ayo

's t

heo

ry h

ad a

str

on

g i

nfl

uen

ce o

n t

he

soci

olo

gy

of

wo

rk,

man

y a

uth

ors

hav

e d

isp

ute

d h

is c

on

clu

sio

ns.

Th

e m

ost

co

mm

on

cri

tici

sm i

s

that

May

o c

ame

to h

is c

on

clu

sio

ns

bas

ed o

n t

he

exper

imen

ts,

and t

her

e is

no

evid

ence

th

at t

he

wo

rker

s at

th

e ac

tual

wo

rkp

lace

beh

ave

in t

he

sam

e w

ay a

s

in

the

exp

erim

enta

l co

nd

itio

ns.

T

her

efo

re,

the

clai

m,

that

at

w

ork

pla

ce

wo

rker

s re

spo

nd

p

osi

tiv

ely

to

h

um

an

emp

loy

er-e

mp

loy

ee re

lati

on

ship

, is

dis

pu

ted

bec

ause

it

just

hap

pen

ed d

uri

ng

th

e ex

per

imen

t.

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Th

e se

con

d

typ

e o

f cr

itic

ism

al

leg

es

that

th

e M

ayo

su

gg

este

d

man

ipu

lati

on

of

wo

rker

s -

a m

ore

hu

man

e at

titu

de

of

emp

loy

ers

tow

ard

s

wo

rker

s in

ord

er t

o e

xp

loit

th

em m

ore

. M

ayo

co

ncl

ud

ed t

hat

wo

rker

s o

per

ate

on

th

e b

asis

of

emo

tio

n,

bu

t em

plo

yer

s ac

t ra

tio

nal

ly -

bas

ed o

n t

he

log

ic o

f

pro

fit.

Th

e th

ird

ty

pe

of

crit

icis

m,

wh

ich

could

condit

ional

ly b

e ca

lled

Mar

xis

t,

arg

ues

th

at

May

o

do

es

no

t n

oti

ce

an

ob

ject

ive

op

po

siti

on

o

f in

tere

sts

bet

wee

n

emp

loy

ers

and

w

ork

ers.

H

um

ane

trea

tmen

t ca

nn

ot

reso

lve

irre

conci

lable

confl

ict

of

inte

rest

s th

at e

xis

ts b

etw

een

th

e ca

pit

alis

t cl

ass

and

the

wo

rkin

g c

lass

.

Con

tinge

ncy

appr

oach

in so

ciol

ogy

of w

ork

Aft

er t

he

Sec

on

d W

orl

d W

ar,

a n

ew t

heo

ry c

alle

d c

on

dit

ion

al a

cces

s in

soci

olo

gy

o

f w

ork

b

ecam

e d

om

inan

t.

Th

is

theo

ry

trie

d

to

reco

nci

le

the

ach

iev

emen

ts o

f cl

assi

cal

theo

ry (T

aylo

r) an

d m

od

ern

th

eory

(M

ayo

).

25

Wh

ile

thes

e tw

o a

uth

ors

tri

ed t

o f

ind

th

e u

niv

ersa

l p

rin

cip

les

that

wo

uld

wo

rk fo

r al

l ty

pes

o

f w

ork

, co

nte

mp

ora

ry au

tho

rs su

gg

est

that

d

iffe

ren

t

acti

vit

ies

req

uir

e d

iffe

ren

t b

ehav

ior

of

man

ager

s. F

or

exam

ple

, th

e p

oli

ce

stat

ion a

nd t

he

univ

ersi

ty c

ann

ot

be

man

aged

in

the

sam

e w

ay.

Even

at

the

un

iver

sity

, a

dif

fere

nt

mo

del

of

beh

avio

r is

ex

pec

ted

by

a D

ean

at

Aca

dem

y

of

Art

in

rel

atio

n t

o a

Dea

n a

t th

e F

acu

lty

of

Civ

il E

ng

inee

rin

g.

Th

eref

ore

,

rese

arch

ers

nee

d

to

iden

tify

al

l th

e re

lev

ant

fact

ors

th

at

infl

uen

ce

the

sele

ctio

n o

f th

e p

rop

er m

eth

od

s to

ad

min

iste

r w

ork

ers.

Th

is d

oes

no

t m

ean

25 F

or

a d

etai

led

des

crip

tio

n o

f th

e co

nd

itio

nal

appro

ach s

ee V

ecch

io,

Rober

t P

.,

2003,

Org

aniz

atio

nal

Beha

vior

: C

ore

Con

cept

s, T

hom

son

/ S

outh

-Wes

tern

, M

ason,

Oh

io,

p.

11

-3.

86

Sum

mar

y

1.

Rew

ard

an

d

pra

ise

hav

e a

stro

ng

er

moti

vat

ional

fo

rce

than

pu

nis

hm

ent.

2.

Th

e fo

llo

win

g

rew

ard

s ar

e av

aila

ble

to

su

per

vis

ors

: p

rais

e,

acknow

led

gem

ent

(dip

lom

as,

pla

qu

etes

), s

tatu

s sy

mb

ols

(o

ffic

ial

car,

off

ice,

sec

reta

ry),

fre

e d

ays,

ad

van

cem

ent

and

pri

ze m

on

ey.

3.

In m

ost

cas

es,

the

bes

t re

sult

s ar

e o

bta

ined

wit

h i

nd

ivid

ual

fin

anci

al

rew

ard

s o

n t

he

bas

is o

f o

bje

ctiv

e cr

iter

ia a

nd

an

an

nu

al b

on

us.

4.

Ign

ori

ng

, "s

cow

l" a

nd

pre

ven

tio

n a

re a

lter

nat

ives

to p

unis

hm

ent

and

sho

uld

be

use

d f

or

min

or

off

ense

s.

5.

Wh

ile

pu

nis

hin

g o

ne

sho

uld

sti

ck t

o t

he

pri

nci

ple

of

imp

erso

nal

ity

,

un

iver

sali

ty,

con

sist

ency

, ap

pro

pri

aten

ess,

em

bar

rass

men

t an

d

imm

edia

cy.

6.

Man

ager

s h

ave

acce

ss

to

the

foll

ow

ing

p

enal

ties

: in

form

al

ver

bal

war

nin

gs,

wri

tten

war

nin

gs,

pro

bat

ion

, tr

ansf

er t

o a

lo

wer

po

siti

on

,

fin

e, s

usp

ensi

on

an

d f

irin

g a

wo

rker

.

7.

A p

erso

n c

an b

e fi

red

fo

r th

e fo

llo

win

g o

ffen

ses:

th

eft,

des

tru

ctio

n o

f

com

pan

ies'

pro

per

ty,

fig

hts

, d

rug

use

at

the

wo

rkp

lace

, d

iso

bed

ien

ce

of

reg

ula

tio

ns

and

ord

ers,

do

cum

ent

forg

ery

, fa

lsif

yin

g d

iplo

mas

an

d

oth

er d

ocu

men

ts,

lyin

g a

t an

in

terv

iew

fo

r a

job

, b

ein

g a

bse

nt

fro

m

wo

rk

wit

ho

ut

no

tify

ing

y

ou

r su

per

vis

or

for

thre

e o

r m

ore

d

ays,

refu

sin

g t

o c

arry

ou

t d

uti

es,

inte

nti

on

ally

tak

ing a

ctio

ns

that

cau

se

seri

ou

s d

amag

e o

r en

dan

ger

th

e li

fe o

r h

ealt

h o

f w

ork

ers.

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85

wo

rker

s.33 I

t is

im

po

rtan

t to

no

te t

hat

man

ager

s m

ust

tak

e in

to a

cco

un

t th

at

all

the

pen

alti

es,

and

esp

ecia

lly

th

e m

ost

sev

ere,

must

be

imple

men

ted i

n

acco

rdan

ce w

ith

th

e la

w,

so t

hat

dec

isio

ns

wo

uld

no

t b

e d

ism

isse

d l

ater

in

cou

rt f

or

fail

ure

to

co

mp

ly w

ith

reg

ula

tory

pro

ced

ure

s.

Dis

cipl

inar

y m

eetin

g

In

the

end

, it

is

n

eces

sary

to

m

enti

on

a

few

ti

ps

reg

ard

ing

th

e

dis

cipli

nar

y m

eeti

ng w

ith a

n e

mp

loy

ee.

Bef

ore

th

e m

eeti

ng

, it

is

nec

essa

ry t

o

pre

par

e al

l th

e re

lev

ant

fact

s ab

ou

t th

e em

plo

yee

's v

iola

tio

ns

(wh

ich

he

did

,

wher

e, w

hen

an

d how

). T

he

firs

t su

ch m

eeti

ng

sh

ould

be

hel

d w

ith th

e

emp

loy

ee

in

pri

vat

e.

It

is

ver

y

imp

ort

ant

that

th

e su

per

ior

rem

ain

s

com

ple

tely

cal

m d

uri

ng

su

ch a

mee

tin

g (

ang

er i

s a

sig

n o

f w

eak

nes

s).

At

the

mee

ting i

t is

nec

essa

ry t

o t

ell

the

emplo

yee

what

he

did

wro

ng,

what

is

expec

ted f

rom

him

and w

hat

wil

l h

app

en i

f h

e d

oes

no

t ch

ang

e h

is b

ehav

ior.

It i

s ex

trem

ely

im

po

rtan

t th

at s

up

erv

iso

r k

eep

s h

is w

ord

bec

ause

if

in t

he

end

he

do

es n

ot

pu

nis

h a

wo

rker

he

thre

aten

ed,

his

au

tho

rity

wil

l b

e p

erm

anen

tly

dim

inis

hed

. It

is

im

port

ant

for

a p

un

ish

men

t to

b

e ap

pro

pri

ate

and

in

acco

rdan

ce

wit

h

thes

e in

stru

ctio

ns,

an

d

the

fact

th

at

the

fun

ctio

n

of

pu

nis

hm

ent

is n

ot

rev

eng

e, b

ut

a ch

ang

e o

f b

ehav

ior

mu

st b

e ta

ken

in

to

acco

un

t.

33 D

escr

ipti

on o

f pen

alti

es f

or

cert

ain o

ffen

ses

is t

aken

fro

m O

ber

le,

RL

, 1978,

Enfo

rcin

g d

isci

pli

ne

mea

sure

s, Pe

rson

nel J

ourn

al, p. 30.

48

that

Tay

lor

and

May

o w

ere

wro

ng

. In

dee

d,

the

mo

der

n o

rgan

izat

ion

of

wo

rk

use

s b

oth

, a

scie

nti

fic

org

aniz

atio

n o

f w

ork

an

d t

he

ach

iev

emen

ts o

f th

e

theo

ry o

f h

um

an r

elat

ion

s. H

ow

ever

, th

e ar

t o

f m

anag

emen

t is

no

t ju

st a

bo

ut

the

dil

emm

a o

f w

het

her

to

mo

tiv

ate

emp

loy

ees

wit

h a

hig

her

sal

ary

or

to

hav

e a

go

od

rel

atio

nsh

ip w

ith

th

em o

r n

ot.

Th

e ar

t o

f m

anag

emen

t is

to

tak

e

into

ac

cou

nt

man

y

oth

er

fact

ors

: th

e ty

pe

of

acti

vit

y,

the

edu

cati

on

al

stru

ctu

re o

f th

e la

bo

r fo

rce,

th

e si

tuat

ion

at

the

mar

ket

an

d t

he

size

of

the

org

aniz

atio

n i

n w

hic

h p

eop

le a

re e

mp

loy

ed.

At

this

po

int

we

wil

l n

ot

go

in

to

furt

her

pre

sen

tati

on

of

con

dit

ion

al a

pp

roac

h b

ecau

se t

he

chap

ters

th

at f

oll

ow

are

bas

ed p

reci

sely

on

th

is a

pp

roac

h,

and

th

e b

asic

ch

arac

teri

stic

s o

f th

e

con

dit

ion

al ap

pro

ach

w

ill

bec

om

e ev

iden

t o

n th

e b

asis

o

f an

aly

zin

g th

e

mo

de

of

sele

ctio

n o

f w

ork

ers,

th

eir

wo

rk m

oti

vat

ion

, re

war

ds

etc.

Sum

mar

y

1.

Elt

on

M

ayo

is

th

e fo

un

der

o

f th

e so

cio

log

y

of

wo

rk,

esp

ecia

lly

bec

ause

he

intr

od

uce

d t

he

exp

erim

enta

l m

eth

od

s in

th

e re

sear

ch o

f

wo

rk.

2.

Ex

per

imen

t w

ith

li

gh

tin

g

gav

e u

nex

pec

ted

re

sult

s b

ecau

se

pro

du

ctiv

ity

in

crea

sed

ev

en w

hen

th

e li

gh

t in

ten

sity

was

dec

reas

ed.

In

add

itio

n,

lab

or

pro

du

ctiv

ity

g

rew

st

ead

ily

in

th

e co

ntr

ol

gro

up

in

wh

ich

th

e in

ten

sity

of

lig

ht

was

alw

ays

the

sam

e.

3.

Th

e sa

me

thin

g h

app

ened

in

th

e ex

per

imen

t w

ith

th

e re

lay

bec

ause

pro

du

ctiv

ity

g

rew

al

mo

st

con

tin

uo

usl

y

des

pit

e m

any

ch

ang

es:

the

intr

od

uct

ion

an

d

elim

inat

ion

o

f b

reak

, sh

ort

enin

g

and

ex

ten

din

g

wo

rkin

g h

ou

rs,

pro

vid

ing

ho

t m

eals

etc

.

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4.

May

o's

ex

per

imen

ts s

tres

sed

th

e im

po

rtan

ce o

f p

sych

olo

gic

al f

acto

rs

in l

abo

r p

rod

uct

ivit

y.

In o

ther

wo

rds,

in

crea

sed

sat

isfa

ctio

n a

t w

ork

-

wh

ich

w

as

the

resu

lt

of

wo

rker

s ab

ilit

y

to

cho

ose

co

-wo

rker

s

them

selv

es,

thei

r g

reat

er f

reed

om

to w

ork

and h

um

ane

trea

tmen

t of

wo

rker

s -

lead

to

in

crea

sed

eff

icie

ncy

.

5.

On t

he

bas

is o

f ex

per

imen

ts,

May

o f

orm

ula

ted h

is t

heo

ry o

f (h

um

an

rela

tio

ns)

acc

ord

ing

to

wh

ich

it

is i

n t

he

inte

rest

of

emp

loy

ers

to h

ave

a h

um

ane

atti

tud

e to

war

ds

the

wo

rker

s an

d t

hey

sh

ou

ld t

ake

care

of

thei

r physi

cal

and m

enta

l nee

ds,

bec

ause

such

an a

ppro

ach l

eads

to a

n

incr

ease

in

pro

du

ctiv

ity

.

6.

May

o h

as b

een

cr

itic

ized

fo

r n

ot

pro

vin

g th

at w

ork

ers

beh

ave

the

sam

e d

uri

ng

th

e ex

per

imen

t an

d d

uri

ng

ev

ery

day

wo

rk.

He

on

ly

enh

ance

d a

fu

rth

er e

xp

loit

atio

n o

f w

ork

ers

and

his

pro

po

sals

can

no

t

reso

lve

the

fun

dam

enta

l co

nfl

ict

bet

wee

n w

ork

an

d c

apit

al.

7.

A d

om

inan

t ap

pro

ach

in

mo

der

n s

oci

olo

gy

of

wo

rk i

s a

con

dit

ion

al

app

roac

h

that

tr

ies

to

com

bin

e th

e cl

assi

c (T

aylo

r's)

an

d

mo

der

n

(May

o's

) ap

pro

ach

o

f th

e o

rgan

izat

ion

o

f w

ork

. T

he

con

dit

ion

al

app

roac

h s

eek

s to

id

enti

fy a

ll t

he

rele

van

t fa

cto

rs t

hat

aff

ect

the

pro

per

org

aniz

atio

n o

f w

ork

.

Exa

mpl

es o

f exa

m q

uest

ions

1.

Wh

y i

s M

ayo

sig

nif

ican

t fo

r so

cio

log

y o

f w

ork

?

2.

Des

crib

e an

ex

per

imen

t w

ith

lig

hti

ng

!

3.

Des

crib

e an

ex

per

imen

t w

ith

rel

ays!

4.

Wh

y d

id n

ot

May

o's

ex

per

imen

ts a

chie

ve

the

resu

lts

that

he

exp

ecte

d

bef

ore

th

e ex

per

imen

t?

84

Ser

iou

s o

ffen

se

imm

edia

tely

re

qu

ires

a

wri

tten

war

ning

. S

uch

vio

lati

on

s ar

e: s

leep

ing

at

the

wo

rkp

lace

, p

rofe

ssio

nal

neg

lig

ence

cau

sin

g

pro

per

ty d

amag

e, d

iso

bed

ien

ce (

mil

d v

iola

tio

ns

of

wri

tten

ru

les

or

ord

ers

of

a su

per

ior)

, an

d a

bse

nce

fro

m w

ork

wit

ho

ut

no

tify

ing

au

tho

riti

es.

In c

ase

that

su

ch

vio

lati

on

s te

nd

to

b

e re

pea

ted,

we

must

ap

ply

ev

en

tougher

pen

alti

es.

If

a w

ritt

en

war

nin

g

do

es

no

t w

ork

, th

e em

plo

yee

m

ay

be

on

prob

atio

n. F

or

exam

ple

, h

is d

aily

or

wee

kly

sal

ary

may

be

ded

uct

ed,

no

tin

g

that

the

dec

isio

n w

ill

not

be

imp

lem

ente

d i

f in

th

e n

ext

thre

e m

on

ths

he

do

es

no

t m

ake

a si

ng

le o

ffen

se.

Som

e pow

ers

can b

e ta

ken

aw

ay f

rom

a n

egli

gen

t em

plo

yee

(re

mov

al)

or

he

can b

e m

oved

to a

noth

er l

oca

tio

n.

Th

us,

th

e m

ilit

ary

oft

en p

un

ish

es

off

icer

s b

y

mo

vin

g

them

in

to

the

pro

vin

ce

(tran

sfer

).

Mo

re

sev

ere

pu

nis

hm

ent

is t

o m

ov

e to

a l

ow

er r

ated

an

d p

oo

rly

pai

d j

ob

.

Ev

entu

ally

th

e m

ost

se

rio

us

pen

alti

es w

ill

be

list

ed,

such

as

fin

es

(un

pai

d m

on

thly

wag

es),

per

man

ent

sala

ry re

duct

ion,

sus

pens

ion

from

work

or

bei

ng

fire

d. B

eing f

ired

is

the

most

sev

ere

pu

nis

hm

ent

an e

mp

loy

er c

an

giv

e. A

ll o

ther

pen

alti

es a

re t

he

resp

on

sib

ilit

y o

f th

e st

ate.

A p

erso

n c

an b

e

fire

d f

or

the

foll

ow

ing

off

ense

s: t

hef

t, d

estr

uct

ion o

f co

mpan

ies'

pro

per

ty,

fig

hts

, d

rug

use

at

the

wo

rkp

lace

, d

iso

bed

ien

ce o

f re

gu

lati

on

s an

d o

rder

s,

do

cum

ent

forg

ery

, fa

lsif

yin

g d

iplo

mas

an

d o

ther

d

ocu

men

ts,

lyin

g at

an

inte

rvie

w

for

a jo

b,

bei

ng

ab

sen

t fr

om

w

ork

w

ith

ou

t n

oti

fyin

g

yo

ur

sup

erv

iso

r fo

r th

ree

or

mo

re d

ays,

ref

usi

ng t

o c

arry

out

duti

es,

inte

nti

onal

ly

tak

ing

act

ion

s th

at c

ause

ser

iou

s d

amag

e o

r en

dan

ger

th

e li

fe o

r h

ealt

h o

f

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Her

zeg

ov

ina,

h

as

the

rig

ht

to

hav

e h

ors

e-ri

din

g

less

on

s,

mas

sag

e,

sau

na

and

oth

er p

riv

ileg

es w

hil

e se

rvin

g t

ime

in p

riso

n.

So

, if

th

e

emp

loy

ee is

p

enal

ized

b

y b

ein

g re

loca

ted

to

a

new

w

ork

ing

p

lace

wh

ere

ther

e ar

e b

ette

r w

ork

ing

co

nd

itio

ns,

th

en s

uch

pu

nis

hm

ent

do

es

no

t h

ave

a p

rev

enti

ve

effe

ct.

6.

Imm

edia

cy.

Th

e p

un

ish

men

t sh

ou

ld b

e im

po

sed

im

med

iate

ly a

fter

th

e

off

ence

is

bei

ng

co

mm

itte

d b

ecau

se i

t w

ou

ld t

hen

hav

e th

e g

reat

est

edu

cati

on

al

imp

act.

H

ow

ever

, th

e n

eed

to

im

ple

men

t ap

pro

pri

ate

dis

cip

lin

ary

p

roce

edin

gs

oft

en

pre

ven

ts

the

imp

lem

enta

tio

n

of

the

pri

nci

ple

of

imm

edia

cy.

Type

s of p

unis

hmen

t

Pre

vio

usl

y,

it w

as s

tate

d t

hat

on

e o

f th

e p

rin

cip

les

that

sh

ou

ld b

e ta

ken

into

acc

ount

duri

ng t

he

punis

hm

ent

is a

pri

nci

ple

of

adeq

uac

y.

Ther

efore

, it

is

nec

essa

ry

to

spec

ify

th

e p

un

ish

men

ts

fro

m

the

leas

t to

m

ost

se

ver

e.

Alt

ho

ug

h

isol

atio

n is

n

ot

a fo

rmal

p

un

ish

men

t,

it

is

wo

rth

m

enti

on

ing

bec

ause

it

is o

ne

of

the

most

co

mm

on

in

form

al s

anct

ion

s. I

n s

mal

l to

wn

s

peo

ple

oft

en i

sola

te p

eop

le w

ho

do

no

t fi

t th

e u

nw

ritt

en m

ora

l ru

les

of

that

pla

ce.

Als

o,

wo

rker

s o

ften

iso

late

th

eir

coll

eges

wh

o d

o n

ot

wan

t to

jo

in t

he

stri

ke,

wh

ich

th

e m

ajo

rity

of

un

ion m

ember

s d

ecid

ed t

o p

arti

cipat

e in

. T

he

mil

des

t fo

rm o

f p

un

ish

men

t is

an

in

form

al v

erba

l war

ning

. It

is

bei

ng

use

d

for

min

or

vio

lati

on

s o

f w

ork

d

isci

pli

ne

- u

nci

vil

ized

b

ehav

ior

(sh

ou

tin

g,

swea

rin

g,

etc.

), d

elay

s at

wo

rk,

lazi

nes

s, i

gn

ora

nce

an

d i

nef

fici

ency

at

wo

rk

and

fo

r th

e u

nau

tho

rize

d d

epar

ture

fro

m w

ork

. O

f co

urs

e, i

f su

ch a

vio

lati

on

is r

epet

itiv

e, i

t is

nec

essa

ry t

o i

mp

ose

mo

re s

ever

e sa

nct

ion

s.

50

5.

Iden

tify

th

e b

asic

ele

men

ts o

f M

ayo

's t

heo

ry!

6.

What

is th

e m

ain

crit

icis

ms

May

o’s

theo

ry?

7.

Wh

at i

s a

con

dit

ion

al a

pp

roac

h i

n s

oci

olo

gy

of

wo

rk?

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that

it

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up

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dis

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war

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d a

n e

ven

wors

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be

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he

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nis

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2.

Uni

vers

ality

. U

niv

ersa

lity

o

f p

un

ish

men

t is

co

nn

ecti

ng

w

ith

imp

erso

nal

ity

. It

is

no

t en

ou

gh

to

ju

stly

pu

nis

h o

nly

an

in

div

idu

al,

bu

t

it i

s al

so n

eces

sary

to

pu

nis

h a

ll w

ho

mak

e so

me

vio

lati

on

s. O

nly

in

that

cas

e a

sen

se o

f ju

st p

un

ish

men

t ca

n b

e ac

hie

ved

. F

or

exam

ple

, in

Rog

ozni

ca n

ear

Šib

enik

som

e pe

ople

's h

ouse

s, w

hich

wer

e il

lega

lly

bu

ilt,

w

ere

pu

lled

d

ow

n,

and

so

me

oth

er

peo

ple

w

ere

able

to

sub

seq

uen

tly

le

gal

ize

thei

r il

leg

al

ho

use

s.

It

is

log

ical

th

at

tho

se,

wh

ose

h

ou

ses

wer

e p

ull

ed d

ow

n,

hav

e ex

per

ien

ced

in

just

ice,

ev

en

tho

ug

h t

hey

bro

ke

the

con

stru

ctio

n l

aw.

3.

Con

sist

ency

. It

is

n

ot

eno

ug

h

that

al

l ar

e eq

ual

ly

cov

ered

w

ith

pu

nis

hm

ent,

b

ut

it

is

nec

essa

ry

to

alw

ays

det

erm

ine

the

sam

e

pu

nis

hm

ent

for

the

sam

e o

ffen

se.

Inco

nsi

sten

t p

un

ish

men

t is

th

e

pu

nis

hm

ent

in w

hic

h o

ne

is p

un

ish

ed w

ith

a w

age

red

uct

ion

, an

d t

he

seco

nd

tim

e an

oth

er e

mp

loy

ee f

or

the

sam

e off

ense

, is

punis

hed

only

wit

h a

war

nin

g.

4.

Appr

opri

aten

ess i

s th

e p

rin

cip

le a

cco

rdin

g t

o w

hic

h a

min

or

off

ense

is

pu

nis

hed

w

ith

a

smal

ler

pu

nis

hm

ent

and

a m

ajor

off

ence

w

ith

a

seri

ou

s p

un

ish

men

t.

5.

Emba

rras

smen

t m

ean

s th

at p

un

ish

men

t, i

n o

rder

to

hav

e th

e ef

fect

,

mu

st c

ause

so

me

dis

com

fort

to

th

ose

wh

o a

re p

un

ish

ed.

Fo

r in

stan

ce,

in t

he

pu

bli

c th

ere

was

a n

egat

ive

reac

tio

n t

o t

he

new

s th

at B

ilja

na

Pla

všić

, a

pers

on w

ho w

as c

onvi

cted

of

war

cri

mes

in

Bos

nia

and

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3.

Prev

entio

n. I

t is

no

t sa

id b

y c

oin

cid

ence

th

at o

pp

ort

un

ity

mak

es t

he

thie

f. I

f an

act

ivit

y,

wh

ich

bri

ng

s co

sts

to t

he

com

pan

y,

wan

ts t

o b

e

sto

pp

ed,

then

p

rev

enti

on

is

u

sual

ly

a m

uch

bet

ter

solu

tion

than

pu

nis

hm

ent.

F

or

exam

ple

, if

th

e p

ho

ne

bil

ls ar

e to

o hig

h,

a good

solu

tio

n i

s to

dia

l ze

ro w

hen

an

em

plo

yee

wan

ts t

o c

all,

bec

ause

in

this

way

ov

erse

as c

alls

or

call

s to

mo

bil

e p

ho

nes

are

pre

ven

ted

. In

th

is

way

we

wil

l ac

hie

ve

bet

ter

resu

lts

than

pu

nis

hin

g w

ork

ers

wh

o u

se t

he

ph

on

e fo

r p

erso

nal

use

.

Ho

wev

er,

alte

rnat

ives

to

pu

nis

hm

ent

som

etim

es d

o n

ot

wo

rk,

and

th

en

the

pu

nis

hm

ent

mu

st b

e ap

pro

ach

ed o

r o

ther

wis

e, t

he

sup

erv

iso

r w

ill

lose

the

auth

ori

ty.

Du

rin

g h

is w

ork

ing

yea

rs e

ver

y c

ivil

en

gin

eer

wil

l p

rob

ably

be

in a

sit

uat

ion

wh

en h

e w

ill

no

t b

e ab

le t

o c

han

ge

his

em

plo

yee

's b

ehav

ior

and th

e only

ch

oic

e w

ill

be

to th

reat

en him

w

ith a

fine

or

punis

hm

ent.

Pu

nis

hm

ent

has

th

ree

bas

ic f

un

ctio

ns.

Fir

stly

, if

it

is p

rop

erly

use

d,

a ch

ang

e

of

off

ender

's

beh

avio

r ca

n

be

ach

ieved

. S

eco

nd

ly,

the

pu

nis

hm

ent

may

tem

pora

rily

or

per

man

entl

y e

lim

inat

e th

e o

ffen

der

s. T

hir

dly

, p

enal

ties

det

er

po

ten

tial

off

end

ers.

If

an e

mp

loy

ee s

ees

that

so

meo

ne

has

bee

n f

ired

du

e to

thef

t, h

e w

ill

cert

ain

ly t

hin

k t

wic

e b

efo

re a

nd

he

do

es t

he

sam

e o

ffen

ce.

Rul

es o

f pun

ishm

ent

In o

rder

for

a punis

hm

ent

to a

chie

ve

its

go

al,

wh

ile

sen

ten

cin

g t

he

foll

ow

ing

fu

nd

amen

tal

pri

nci

ple

s sh

ou

ld b

e o

bse

rved

:

1.

Impe

rson

ality

. Pu

nis

hm

ent

sho

uld

no

t b

e b

ased

on

per

son

al a

nim

osi

ty.

Inap

pro

pri

ate

beh

avio

r sh

ould

be

pu

nis

hed

, n

ot

the

per

son

. T

he

pu

nis

hm

ent

wil

l n

ot

be

edu

cati

on

al i

f a

per

son

wh

o i

s b

ein

g p

un

ish

ed

52

• P

rais

ed b

y th

e C

ou

nci

l o

f T

each

ers

for

exce

llen

ce i

n a

ll f

ou

r y

ears

of

sch

oo

lin

g

AD

DIT

ION

AL

ED

UC

AT

ION

F

IRS

T P

RIM

AR

Y M

US

IC S

CH

OO

L,

ZA

GR

EB

S

tud

ent

Sep

tem

ber

19

98

- J

un

e 2

00

0

• C

ompl

eted

the

firs

t tw

o gr

ades

Cou

rses

: Mus

ic T

heor

y (S

olfe

ggio

), G

uita

r A

DD

ITIO

NA

L S

KIL

LS

Dri

ving

lice

nse

(cat

egor

ies

A a

nd B

)

• E

xcel

lent

kn

owle

dge

of

com

pute

r pr

ogra

ms

Wor

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Exc

el

and

Au

toC

AD

A

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RD

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20

07

– w

on

th

e fi

rst

pla

ce a

t th

e ci

ty c

om

pet

itio

n i

n p

hy

sics

W

OR

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XP

ER

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ON

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RA

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ION

CO

MP

AN

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BR

ICK

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ssis

tan

t at

co

nst

ruct

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sit

e Ju

ly a

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gu

st 2

00

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ust

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OR

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AG

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nt k

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ledg

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lish

(le

arnt

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A g

ood

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man

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How

to c

hoos

e th

e w

orke

rs?

On

e o

f th

e sk

ills

yo

u n

eed

to

hav

e as

a c

ivil

en

gin

eer

is t

he

abil

ity

to

sele

ct t

he

bes

t o

f th

ose

wo

rker

s w

ho

are

co

mp

etin

g f

or

a post

. S

ucc

essf

ul

org

aniz

atio

n a

nd

man

agem

ent

of

wo

rker

s is

far

eas

ier

to i

mp

lem

ent

if a

civ

il

eng

inee

r h

as a

sk

ille

d l

abo

r fo

rce.

How

ever

, it

is

not

easy

to m

ake

the

right

sele

ctio

n.

Aft

er a

ll,

peo

ple

oft

en t

ry t

o f

ind

a r

igh

t sp

ou

se f

or

yea

rs,

and

yet

,

they

sti

ll m

ake

mis

takes

, w

hic

h c

an b

e se

en f

rom

th

e p

erce

nta

ge

of

div

orc

es.

No

w

on

der

th

at

emp

loy

ers

mak

e th

e m

ista

ke

wh

en

cho

osi

ng

th

e ri

gh

t

can

did

ate

sin

ce t

hey

use

rel

ativ

ely

sca

rce

dat

a an

d c

and

idat

es t

ry t

o p

ort

ray

them

selv

es i

n t

he

bes

t li

gh

t. T

her

efo

re,

it i

s n

ot

alw

ays

easy

fo

r th

ose

wh

o

nee

d t

o m

ake

a ch

oic

e, t

o c

ho

ose

th

e p

erso

n b

est

suit

ed f

or

a p

ost

. T

her

efo

re,

in t

his

sec

tio

n w

e w

ill

sho

w s

om

e te

chn

iqu

es t

hat

in

crea

se t

he

pro

bab

ilit

y o

f

corr

ect

dec

isio

ns

in o

rder

to

ch

oo

se t

he

rig

ht

can

did

ate

for

a p

ost

.26

App

licat

ion

form

and

CV

Can

did

ate

sele

ctio

n

pro

cess

b

egin

s b

y

pu

bli

shin

g

a te

nd

er

wh

ich

sho

uld

cle

arly

sp

ecif

y w

hat

is

requir

ed o

f ca

ndid

ates

fo

r th

e jo

b.

Insu

ffic

ien

t

crit

eria

w

ill

on

ly

un

nec

essa

rily

b

urd

en

the

com

mit

tee

to

dec

ide

on

th

e

sele

ctio

n o

f w

ork

ers,

sin

ce t

he

com

mit

tee

would

be

fill

ed w

ith a

num

ber

of

app

lica

tio

ns

for

the

com

pet

itio

n b

y t

he

peo

ple

who

do

no

t h

ave

the

req

uir

ed

qu

alit

y.

Pro

hib

itiv

e cr

iter

ia

can

ca

use

n

o

one

to

apply

fo

r th

e jo

b.

An

26 F

or

a m

ore

det

aile

d a

nal

ysi

s o

f th

e ca

ndid

ate

sele

ctio

n p

roce

ss s

ee D

essl

er,

Gar

y,

2005,

Hum

an R

esou

rce

Man

agem

ent.

Pea

rso

n E

du

cati

on

, U

pp

er S

add

le R

iver

, U

SA

, es

pec

iall

y p

ages

11

0-2

65

, an

d A

rno

ld,

Joh

n e

t al

, 2

00

5,

Psy

cho

log

y o

f W

ork

: U

nd

erst

and

ing

H

um

an B

ehav

ior

in th

e W

ork

pla

ce,

Pre

nti

ce H

all,

L

on

do

n,

esp

ecia

lly

pag

es 1

32-2

01.

80

An

nu

al b

on

us

has

an

eff

ect

of

a "p

osi

tiv

e sh

ock

" th

at s

tim

ula

tes

emp

loy

ees

for

furt

her

eff

ort

s.

Puni

shm

ent o

f wor

kers

It h

as a

lrea

dy b

een s

tate

d t

hat

the

rew

ard

s ar

e a

much

more

moti

vat

ional

forc

e th

an p

un

ish

men

t. A

fter

all

, an

yo

ne

can

th

ink

of

a si

tuat

ion

in

wh

ich

th

e

pu

nis

hm

ent

had

ju

st

the

op

po

site

ef

fect

fr

om

w

hat

w

as

expec

ted.

For

exam

ple

, a

stu

den

t w

ho

get

s a

bad

gra

de

in a

su

bje

ct o

ften

lo

ses

inte

rest

in

that

su

bje

ct.

Th

eref

ore

, su

cces

sfu

l m

anag

ers

mu

st a

vo

id p

un

ish

ing

wo

rker

s,

exce

pt

in

case

s w

her

e th

e p

un

ish

men

t is

th

e o

nly

o

pti

on

. T

her

efo

re,

alte

rnat

ives

to

pu

nis

hm

ent

wil

l b

e li

sted

fir

st:

1.

Igno

ring

. So

met

imes

it

is g

oo

d t

o p

rete

nd t

hat

you h

ave

not

noti

ced

som

e ti

ny

m

isd

emea

no

r.

Fo

r ex

amp

le,

stu

den

ts

in

a le

ctu

re

can

som

etim

es

mak

e in

app

rop

riat

e re

mar

ks

or

star

t ta

lkin

g

wit

h

a

coll

eag

ue

du

rin

g a

lec

ture

. If

co

mm

ents

are

no

t to

o i

nap

pro

pri

ate

or

if

a st

ud

ent

sto

ps

talk

ing

so

on

, th

e b

est

thin

g a

pro

fess

or

can

do

is

to

pre

ten

d t

hat

su

ch b

ehav

ior

was

no

t noti

ced.

Sim

ilar

ly,

a su

per

vis

or

does

not

nee

d t

o r

eact

to e

ver

y l

ittl

e fl

aw w

ork

ers

mak

e b

ecau

se a

con

stan

t sc

old

ing

dem

oti

vat

es e

mp

loy

ees.

2.

"Sco

wl."

If

so

meo

ne

do

es

no

t w

ant

to

tole

rate

o

ne'

s co

nd

uct

an

y

furt

her

, an

d i

t is

a s

mal

l m

isd

emea

nor,

som

etim

es i

t is

enough t

o s

how

that

th

e em

plo

yee

's b

ehav

ior

is n

ot

app

rov

ed w

ith

fac

ial

exp

ress

ion

s

and

a b

od

y l

ang

uag

e. P

eop

le h

ave

lear

ned

to

un

der

stan

d n

on

-ver

bal

com

mu

nic

atio

n,

and

sh

arp

lo

ok

, w

ith

wh

ich

can

eli

min

ate

un

wan

ted

beh

avio

r, c

an s

om

etim

es b

e q

uit

e en

ou

gh

fo

r "p

un

ish

men

t".

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79

for

all

acti

vit

ies,

do

es n

ot

exis

t. I

n s

om

e in

du

stri

es i

t is

bet

ter

to r

ewar

d

ind

ivid

ual

ly,

and

in

oth

ers

in g

rou

ps.

Gen

eral

ly,

in t

ho

se i

nd

ust

ries

in

wh

ich

the

ind

ivid

ual

co

ntr

ibu

tio

n i

s i

mp

ort

ant

to t

he

(job o

f a

Sal

esm

an),

it

is

bet

ter

to p

ay i

nd

ivid

ual

ly,

and

in

act

ivit

ies

that

req

uir

e te

am w

ork

(M

edic

al

Ad

vis

ory

Bo

ard

) it

is

bet

ter

to r

ewar

d t

he

wh

ole

gro

up

. H

ow

ever

, th

e b

est

solu

tio

n i

s o

ften

a c

om

bin

atio

n o

f re

war

ds.

So

, fo

r ex

amp

le,

foo

tbal

l cl

ub

s

giv

e d

iffe

ren

t am

ou

nts

of

mo

ney

to

bu

y p

lay

ers,

dep

end

ing

on

th

e q

ual

ity

of

ind

ivid

ual

pla

yer

s, b

ut

if t

he

clu

b w

ins

the

Eu

rop

ean

Ch

amp

ion

s C

up

, th

en

the

pre

miu

m is

al

loca

ted

eq

ual

ly,

in o

ther

w

ord

s o

n th

e b

asis

o

f g

rou

p

pay

men

ts.

As

far

as o

bje

ctiv

e an

d s

ub

ject

ive

eval

uat

ion

is

con

cern

ed,

it i

s

log

ical

th

at

the

ob

ject

ive

crit

eria

g

ive

bet

ter

resu

lts

bec

ause

th

ey

are

mea

sura

ble

, so

it

is e

asie

r fo

r ev

ery

on

e to

ass

ess

wh

o d

eser

ved

th

e re

war

d.

How

ever

, it

is

so

met

imes

use

ful

to

rew

ard

em

plo

yee

s o

n

the

bas

is

of

sub

ject

ive

esti

mat

es b

ecau

se i

t is

no

t al

way

s ea

sy t

o q

uan

tify

a p

erso

n's

work

per

form

ance

. A

sim

ilar

ex

amp

le i

s th

e ri

gh

t o

f te

ach

ers

to a

war

d s

tud

ents

extr

a p

oin

ts f

or

bei

ng

act

ive

in t

he

clas

s. A

lthough i

t is

bet

ter

to e

val

uat

e on

the

bas

is o

f m

easu

rab

le r

esu

lts,

such

as

the

num

ber

of

poin

ts o

n t

he

test

, it

is

use

ful

to a

dd

itio

nal

ly r

ewar

d t

he

stu

den

ts w

ho

en

able

d t

he

qu

alit

y o

f cl

asse

s

at

sem

inar

s th

rou

gh

th

eir

dis

cuss

ions.

P

robab

ly

the

big

ges

t su

rpri

se

of

Law

ler'

s co

ncl

usi

on

is

that

it

is b

est

to p

ay t

he

rew

ard

s in

th

e fo

rm o

f an

nu

al

bo

nu

ses.

S

pec

ific

ally

, it

w

ou

ld

be

log

ical

to

co

ncl

ud

e th

at

the

gre

ates

t

mo

tiv

atio

nal

fo

rce

is a

rew

ard

hat

is

pai

d i

mm

edia

tely

aft

er p

erfo

rmed

wo

rk.

Bu

t p

erh

aps

the

ann

ual

b

on

use

s ar

e th

e m

ost

ef

fect

ive

bec

ause

o

f la

rge

amo

un

ts o

f m

on

ey,

wh

ich

are

pai

d a

t once

, an

d t

hey

are

more

sti

mula

ting

than

th

e re

war

d t

hat

is

dis

trib

ute

d t

hro

ug

ho

ut

the

yea

r in

sm

all

amo

un

ts.

54

app

lica

tio

n f

orm

can

be

eith

er f

ree

or

on

th

e at

tach

ed f

orm

. A

fter

th

ey a

pp

ly

for

the

com

pet

itio

n,

the

com

mit

tee

should

eli

min

ate

cand

idat

es w

ho

do

no

t

fulf

ill

the

crit

eria

o

f th

e te

nd

er.

Ho

wev

er,

the

app

lica

tio

n fo

rms

pro

vid

e

add

itio

nal

in

form

atio

n

abo

ut

the

can

did

ate.

F

or

exam

ple

, n

um

ero

us

gram

mat

ical

err

ors

in th

e te

xt o

f th

e ap

plic

atio

n or

rés

umé

are

neit

her

a go

od

reco

mm

end

atio

n

for

a se

cret

aria

l p

osi

tio

n,

no

r fo

r th

e jo

b

of

Cro

atia

n

lan

gu

age

teac

her

. In

so

me

wes

tern

co

un

trie

s (f

or

exam

ple

, in

th

e U

.S.)

mem

ber

s o

f th

e co

mm

itte

e ch

eck

w

ith

p

rev

iou

s em

plo

yer

s w

het

her

th

e

info

rmat

ion

giv

en i

n t

he

app

lica

tio

n f

or

the

ten

der

are

co

rrec

t. I

n t

his

way

it

is p

oss

ible

to

ob

tain

fu

rth

er i

nfo

rmat

ion

ab

ou

t th

e w

ork

per

form

ance

an

d

char

acte

r o

f th

e ca

nd

idat

es.

So

met

imes

th

e ca

nd

idat

e is

ask

ed t

o s

ub

mit

a

wri

tten

rec

om

men

dat

ion

fro

m p

rev

iou

s em

plo

yer

s o

r p

rofe

sso

rs.

Ho

wev

er,

pra

ctic

e h

as s

ho

wn

th

at t

he

dat

a in

th

e re

com

men

dat

ion

s ar

e n

ot

par

ticu

larl

y

use

ful

bec

ause

th

e p

eop

le w

ho

wri

te r

eco

mm

end

atio

ns

usu

ally

des

crib

e th

eir

can

did

ates

in

a b

ette

r li

gh

t th

an t

hey

rea

lly

are

, w

ish

ing

to

hel

p t

hem

fin

d

emp

loy

men

t.

So

mew

hat

g

reat

er

ob

ject

ivit

y

can

b

e ac

hie

ved

if

th

e

reco

mm

endat

ions

are

sent

dir

ectl

y t

o t

he

com

mit

tee,

so

th

at t

he

can

did

ate

is

no

t ab

le t

o r

ead

wh

at i

s sa

id i

n t

he

reco

mm

end

atio

n l

ette

r. T

her

e ar

e m

ajo

r

dif

fere

nce

s in

wri

ting a

CV

fro

m s

tate

to

sta

te.

Th

us,

in

Ger

man

y,

it i

s

exp

ecte

d f

rom

th

e ca

nd

idat

e to

su

bm

it h

is p

ho

to,

bu

t in

th

e U

.S.

it i

s n

ot

the

pra

ctic

e. F

ren

ch e

mp

loy

ers

oft

en u

se t

he

serv

ices

of

a g

rap

ho

log

ist,

an

d t

he

can

did

ates

are

ask

ed t

o w

rite

an

ap

pli

cati

on

fo

rm a

nd

CV

by

han

d.

Ho

wev

er,

ther

e is

no

sci

enti

fic

cert

ain

ty t

hat

on

e's

char

acte

r ca

n b

e ju

dg

ed o

n t

he

bas

is

of

han

dw

riti

ng

. W

hil

e in

Fra

nce

th

e d

ata

on

th

e m

arit

al s

tatu

s an

d a

ge

of

can

did

ates

are

man

dat

ory

, su

ch d

ata

are

no

t ev

en m

enti

on

ed i

n t

he

US

, in

ord

er t

o a

vo

id d

iscr

imin

atio

n o

n t

he

bas

is o

f ag

e o

r m

arit

al s

tatu

s. I

n s

ho

rt,

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55

the

app

lica

tio

ns,

C

Vs

and

re

com

men

dat

ion

s m

ay

be

imp

ort

ant

in

the

sele

ctio

n

of

can

did

ates

. H

ow

ever

, h

igh

-qu

alit

y

sele

ctio

n

of

staf

f sh

ou

ld

incl

ud

e o

ther

ch

eck

up

s th

at a

re l

iste

d b

elo

w.

Can

dida

te te

stin

g

To

day

mo

der

n p

sych

olo

gy

off

ers

man

y a

dd

itio

nal

met

ho

ds

that

can

be

use

d t

o c

hec

k t

he

qu

alit

y o

f ap

pli

can

ts f

or

a jo

b.

Her

e w

e w

ill

dea

l w

ith

th

e

IQ t

ests

, k

no

wle

dg

e te

sts,

psy

cho

log

ical

tes

ts,

test

s o

f p

hy

sica

l fi

tnes

s an

d

soci

od

ram

atic

al t

ests

. T

od

ay,

the

IQ o

f a

per

son c

an b

e ex

actl

y m

easu

red b

y

stan

dar

diz

ed

test

s.

Th

eref

ore

, so

me

com

pan

ies

use

th

ese

test

s in

th

e

sele

ctio

n o

f w

ork

ers,

bec

ause

it

is l

og

ical

th

at t

he

mo

re i

nte

llig

ent

peo

ple

wil

l b

e m

ore

su

cces

sfu

l in

th

eir

wo

rk.

An

ad

dit

ion

al a

dv

anta

ge

of

thes

e te

sts

is

that

th

ey

are

rela

tivel

y

sim

ple

an

d

inex

pen

sive.

F

or

exam

ple

, it

is

rela

tiv

ely

eas

y t

o o

bta

in s

tan

dar

diz

ed c

om

pu

ter

test

s of

inte

llig

ence

that

can

mea

sure

in

tell

igen

ce o

f ca

nd

idat

es in

a

short

ti

me.

In

tell

igen

ce te

sts

are

cert

ain

ly a

ver

y u

sefu

l to

ol,

esp

ecia

lly

fo

r ta

sks

that

req

uir

e cr

eati

vit

y o

f

wo

rker

s (i

nte

llig

ence

is

the

abil

ity

to

co

pe

wit

h n

ew s

itu

atio

ns)

. H

ow

ever

,

thes

e te

sts

are

no

t en

ou

gh

, b

ecau

se i

nte

llig

ence

is

just

on

e o

f th

e tr

aits

th

at

affe

ct w

ork

per

form

ance

. F

or

exam

ple

, a

per

son m

ay b

e in

tell

igen

t, b

ut

it

cou

ld b

e ig

no

ran

t fo

r sp

ecif

ic t

yp

e o

f w

ork

. In

th

is c

ase

it i

s b

ette

r to

hir

e a

per

son

th

at h

as a

sli

gh

tly

lo

wer

IQ

, b

ut

is a

n e

xp

ert

in h

is/h

er f

ield

. S

om

e

ver

y i

nte

llig

ent

peo

ple

can

be

anti

soci

al,

wh

ich

mak

es t

hem

in

cap

able

to

wo

rk

in

a g

rou

p.

Th

eref

ore

, a

com

ple

te

chec

ku

p

of

can

did

ates

sh

ou

ld

incl

ud

e o

ther

tes

ts.

Pro

fici

ency

tes

ts a

re c

on

du

cted

to

ass

ess

wh

eth

er a

per

son

wh

o h

as

com

ple

ted

tr

ain

ing

re

ally

h

as

eno

ug

h

kn

ow

led

ge

to

per

form

a

job

. F

or

78

fact

th

at o

nly

22

% o

f w

ork

ers

in t

he

Un

ited

Sta

tes

bel

ieve

that

thei

r sa

lary

is

dir

ectl

y d

epen

den

t o

n t

he

wo

rkin

g r

esu

lts.

31

Th

e re

sear

cher

s w

ere

intr

igu

ed b

y t

he

qu

esti

on

of

ho

w t

he

pri

ze m

on

ey

can

ac

hie

ve

the

bes

t ef

fect

o

f m

oti

vat

ing

em

plo

yee

s,

so

they

d

id

the

exp

erim

ents

to

fin

d a

nsw

ers

to t

he

foll

ow

ing

qu

esti

on

s:

1.

Is i

t m

ore

eff

icie

nt

to r

ewar

d i

nd

ivid

ual

ly o

r in

gro

up

s?

2.

Is i

t b

ette

r to

hav

e o

bje

ctiv

e cr

iter

ia (

stan

dar

d)

or

it i

s b

ette

r to

en

able

man

ager

s to

su

bje

ctiv

ely

ev

alu

ate

wo

rker

s w

ho

sh

ou

ld

get

th

e

rew

ard

?

3.

Is i

t b

ette

r to

pay

th

e re

war

d i

mm

edia

tely

or

in a

dd

itio

n t

o a

mo

nth

ly

sala

ry, o

r in

th

e fo

rm o

f an

nu

al b

on

use

s?

Law

ler'

s st

ud

ies

hav

e sh

ow

n t

hat

in

most

cas

es t

he

bes

t re

sult

s ar

e

ach

iev

ed b

y r

ewar

din

g i

nd

ivid

ual

ly o

n t

he

bas

is o

f o

bje

ctiv

e cr

iter

ia a

nd

wit

h a

n a

nn

ual

bo

nu

s.32 H

ow

ever

, th

e d

isad

van

tag

es o

f in

div

idu

al r

ewar

ds

are:

it

ca

use

s je

alo

usy

, o

stra

cism

(r

efu

sin

g

the

win

nin

g

indiv

idual

) an

d

po

ssib

le f

alsi

fica

tio

n o

f re

sult

s. I

n c

ontr

ast,

the

cooper

atio

n w

ithin

the

gro

up

is i

ncr

ease

d i

f w

ork

ers

are

rew

ard

ed a

cco

rdin

g t

o p

erfo

rman

ce o

f th

e g

rou

p

or

per

form

ance

o

f th

e en

tire

o

rgan

izat

ion

. H

ow

ever

, in

th

is

way

th

e

com

pet

itio

n

bet

wee

n

wo

rker

s is

re

du

ced,

whic

h

can

also

hav

e neg

ativ

e

con

seq

uen

ces.

Th

us,

Law

ler

con

clu

des

th

at t

her

e th

e b

est

way

of

rew

ard

ing

31 I

bid

, p. 95.

32 S

ee L

awle

r II

I, E

.E.

and G

.D.

Jankin

s, S

trat

egic

Rew

ard S

yst

ems,

in M

.D.

Dunnet

te

and

L.M

. H

ugs

(eds.

),

1992,

Han

dboo

k of

Ind

ustr

ial

and

Org

aniz

atio

nal

Psyh

olog

y, C

onsu

ltin

g P

sych

olo

gis

ts P

ress

, P

aolo

Alt

o;

Law

ler

III,

E.E

., 1

971,

Pay

and

Org

aniz

atio

nal

Effe

ctiv

ness

, M

cGra

w-H

ill,

N

ew

York

; L

awle

r II

I,

E.E

.,

New

A

ppro

aches

to P

ay:

Innovat

ions

That

Work

, Pe

rson

nel 5

3,

II-2

3;

Law

ler

III,

E.E

., 1

981,

Pay

and

Org

anza

tion

Dev

elop

men

t, A

ddis

on-W

esle

y,

Rea

din

g,

Mas

s; L

awle

r II

I, E

.E.,

1984,

What

ever

Hap

pen

ed t

o I

nce

nti

ve

Pay

, N

ew M

anag

emen

t 1,

pp.

37-4

1.

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77

3.

Adva

ncem

ent

is a

lso

a s

ign

ific

ant

form

of

rew

ard

ing

an

d t

her

efo

re

mo

tiv

atin

g w

ork

ers,

es

pec

iall

y if

w

ork

ers

feel

th

at th

ey ar

e b

ein

g

adv

ance

d

acco

rdin

g

to

thei

r m

erit

an

d

for

thei

r w

ork

. T

her

efo

re,

man

ager

s ar

e ad

vis

ed t

o c

on

sult

th

eir

wo

rker

s b

efo

re a

dv

anci

ng

th

e

emp

loy

ees,

to

mak

e su

re t

hat

th

ey c

ho

se t

he

rig

ht

per

son

fo

r th

is f

orm

of

rew

ard

.

4.

Free

day

s can

als

o b

e a

form

of

rew

ard.

If t

he

wo

rker

has

do

ne

his

jo

b

wel

l an

d b

efo

re t

he

dea

dli

ne,

giv

ing

his

a f

ew d

ays

off

can

be

a g

oo

d

form

of

rew

ard

fo

r h

is w

ork

.

5.

Em

plo

yee

s ca

n

be

rew

ard

ed

in

man

y

oth

er

way

s -

by

p

rov

idin

g

off

icia

l ca

rs a

nd o

ffic

ial

cell

ph

on

es,

pro

vid

ing

a l

arg

er o

ffic

e (w

hic

h

is a

lso

an

in

dic

ato

r o

f em

plo

yee

's s

tatu

s),

by

off

erin

g h

im p

erso

nal

secr

etar

ies

etc.

6.

As

much

as

the

pre

vio

usl

y m

enti

oned

ty

pes

of

rew

ard

s ar

e ef

fect

ive,

mo

ney

rem

ain

s th

e m

ost

eff

ecti

ve

form

of

mo

tiv

atio

n t

o w

ork

, an

d i

t

wil

l b

e sp

ecif

ical

ly a

dd

ress

ed i

n t

he

nex

t se

ctio

n.

Priz

e m

oney

P

rize

mon

ey,

as t

he

most

eff

ecti

ve

mo

tiv

ator,

can

be

succ

essf

ul

wh

en

it i

s ac

tual

ly i

n l

ine

wit

h t

he

resu

lts

of

on

e's

wo

rk.

Ho

wev

er,

if e

mp

loy

ees

bel

iev

e th

at p

rize

mo

ney

is

giv

en,

for

exam

ple

, b

ecau

se o

f th

e cl

ose

nes

s to

the

gen

eral

m

anag

er,

reg

ard

less

o

f th

e q

ual

ity

o

f w

ork

, th

en th

e m

on

ey

rew

ard m

ight

even

hav

e a

neg

ativ

e ef

fect

o

n o

ther

em

plo

yee

s. In

o

ther

wo

rds,

th

ere

sho

uld

be

a cl

ear

lin

k b

etw

een

th

e re

sult

s an

d t

he

amo

un

t o

f

pri

ze m

on

ey.

Ho

wev

er,

it i

s n

ot

easy

to

ach

iev

e th

is,

and

th

is i

s se

en i

n t

he

56

exam

ple

, peo

ple

who h

ave

com

ple

ted m

edic

al s

tud

ies

ou

tsid

e th

e U

.S.

- an

d

wan

t to

get

a j

ob

in

th

at c

ou

ntr

y -

mu

st p

ass

Th

e U

nit

ed S

tate

s M

edic

al

Lic

ensi

ng

Ex

amin

atio

n (

US

ML

E).

27 T

his

tes

t is

use

d t

o c

hec

k w

het

her

a

per

son

, w

ho

h

as

a fo

rmal

ed

uca

tio

n

in

med

icin

e,

real

ly

has

en

ou

gh

kn

ow

led

ge

to w

ork

as

a p

hy

sici

an.

Sim

ilar

tes

ts c

an b

e ca

rrie

d o

ut

in o

ther

sect

ors

, in

clu

din

g t

he

con

stru

ctio

n i

nd

ust

ry.

Psy

cho

log

ical

tes

ts a

re a

lso

use

d i

n t

he

sele

ctio

n o

f em

plo

yee

s. T

hes

e

test

s m

easu

re

the

mo

tiv

atio

n

of

work

, te

mper

amen

t,

abil

ity

to

co

ntr

ol

emo

tio

ns,

au

tho

rita

tiv

enes

s o

f p

eop

le,

soci

al

inte

llig

ence

, th

e ab

ilit

y

to

acce

pt

crit

icis

m,

etc.

Ho

wev

er,

un

lik

e IQ

tes

ts,

wh

ose

res

ult

s ar

e re

lati

vel

y

easy

to

in

terp

ret,

fo

r p

sych

olo

gic

al t

ests

it

is n

eces

sary

to

hir

e p

rofe

ssio

nal

psy

cho

log

ists

wh

o w

ill

corr

ectl

y i

nte

rpre

t th

e te

st r

esu

lts.

For

som

e jo

bs,

such

as,

fo

r ex

amp

le,

mem

ber

s o

f th

e sp

ecia

l fo

rces

of

the

arm

y a

nd

th

e

po

lice

, th

ey u

se te

sts

to ch

eck

th

e p

hy

sica

l ab

ilit

ies

such

as

en

du

ran

ce,

stre

ng

th,

agil

ity

, ac

cura

cy,

etc.

In t

he

end

, w

e h

ave

to m

enti

on

so

cio

dra

mat

ical

tes

ts w

ho

se p

rim

ary

fun

ctio

n i

s to

in

ves

tig

ate

the

spo

nta

neo

us

beh

avio

r o

f ca

nd

idat

es.2

8 D

uri

ng

thes

e te

sts,

th

e in

div

idu

al d

oes

no

t k

no

w w

hat

is

real

ly t

este

d.

On

e ex

amp

le

of

soci

od

ram

atic

al t

est

is a

sit

uat

ion

wh

ere

a g

rou

p o

f ca

nd

idat

es i

s se

nt

to a

cam

p.

Wh

at is

o

bse

rved

is

h

ow

th

e ca

nd

idat

es w

ill

org

aniz

e th

emse

lves

spo

nta

neo

usl

y (

sin

ce t

her

e is

no

org

aniz

atio

n p

rev

iou

sly

mad

e),

in o

rder

, fo

r

exam

ple

, to

get

wat

er s

up

ply

, co

llec

t fo

od

, p

rep

are

a ca

mp

etc

. P

arti

cula

rly

monit

ore

d i

s th

e per

son w

ho w

ill

sponta

neo

usl

y b

eco

me

the

lead

er o

f th

e

27 I

nfo

rmat

ion

ab

ou

t th

is t

est

can

be

fou

nd

at:

h

ttp

://w

ww

.usm

le.o

rg/G

ener

al_

Info

rmat

ion/b

ull

etin

/2009/2

009bull

etin

.pdf

28 A

go

od

des

crip

tio

n o

f so

cio

dra

mat

ical

tes

ts c

an b

e fo

und i

n M

ille

r an

d F

orm

, o

p. ci

t., p

p. 5

16

-23

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gro

up

. S

uch

a p

erso

n s

ho

ws

the

char

acte

rist

ics

of

the

"bo

rn"

lead

ers,

an

d

thu

s is

id

enti

fied

as

a su

itab

le p

erso

n f

or

a m

anag

eria

l p

osi

tio

n.

Fo

r su

ch a

test

, th

e p

erso

n in

ch

arg

e is

en

gag

ed to

o

bse

rve

the

can

did

ates

, b

ut

the

can

did

ates

do

no

t k

no

w w

hic

h p

erso

n i

s re

spo

nsi

ble

fo

r th

eir

eval

uat

ion

.

Task

On

e o

f th

e si

mp

lest

an

d m

ost

eff

ecti

ve

way

s to

scr

een

can

did

ates

is

to

giv

e th

em a

tas

k.

Fo

r ex

amp

le,

if o

ne

wan

ts t

o h

ire

a ce

ram

ist,

giv

ing

him

a

task

to

pu

t ti

les

in t

he

bat

hro

om

is

a w

ay t

o c

hec

k h

is q

ual

ity

an

d s

pee

d o

f

wo

rk.

A g

oo

d w

ay t

o c

hec

k a

un

iver

sity

tea

cher

is

to a

sk h

im t

o g

ive

a

lect

ure

. T

od

ay,

ther

e ar

e st

and

ard

ized

wo

rk t

ask

s fo

r o

ther

pro

fess

ion

s, f

or

exam

ple

, fo

r a

care

er o

f a

man

ager

. H

ow

ever

, it

is

no

t al

way

s ea

sy t

o f

ind

the

rig

ht

way

to

sel

ect

task

s fo

r al

l ty

pes

of

care

ers.

Inte

rvie

w

All

th

e te

chn

iqu

es a

re e

xte

nsi

vel

y u

sed

in

th

e se

lect

ion

of

wo

rker

s.

Ho

wev

er,

the

inte

rvie

w

is

cert

ain

ly

the

mo

st

wid

ely

u

sed

m

eth

od

o

f

sele

ctio

n.

Th

e re

aso

n is

si

mp

le.

It is

re

lati

vel

y ea

sy to

im

agin

e th

at th

e

wo

rker

s ar

e n

ot

bei

ng

tes

ted

, b

ut

it i

s al

mo

st i

nco

nce

ivab

le n

ot

to i

nte

rvie

w

the

per

son

on

e w

ants

to

em

plo

y.

Th

eref

ore

, it

is

nec

essa

ry t

o s

pec

ify t

he

resu

lts

of

rese

arch

in

th

is a

rea.

In

terv

iew

s ar

e d

ivid

ed i

nto

str

uct

ure

d a

nd

un

stru

ctu

red

. S

tru

ctu

red

in

terv

iew

s h

ave

pre

det

erm

ined

qu

esti

on

s, b

asic

ally

the

sam

e fo

r al

l ca

nd

idat

es,

wh

ile

in t

he

un

stru

ctu

red

in

terv

iew

qu

esti

on

s ar

e

chan

ged

. T

her

efo

re,

the

un

stru

ctu

red

in

terv

iew

is

m

uch

m

ore

si

mil

ar

to

ever

yd

ay c

on

ver

sati

on

. It

sh

ou

ld b

e n

ote

d t

hat

th

e st

ruct

ure

d i

nte

rvie

ws

are

76

com

es t

o w

ork

bef

ore

off

ice

ho

urs

. It

is

imp

ort

ant

to e

mp

has

ize

that

th

e

pra

ise

and a

war

d h

ave

a m

uch

bet

ter

effe

ct t

han

pu

nis

hm

ent

and

reb

uk

e.

Type

s of r

ewar

ds

Man

ager

s h

ave

the

full

ran

ge

of

rew

ard

s at

th

eir

dis

po

sal,

am

on

g w

hic

h

the

mo

st i

mp

ort

ant

wil

l b

e m

enti

on

ed:

1.

Prai

se i

s a

ver

bal

rew

ard

fo

r p

erfo

rmin

g g

oo

d w

ork

. A

lth

ou

gh

it

is

free

, it

has

a v

ery

str

on

g p

osi

tiv

e ef

fect

on

wo

rk m

oti

vat

ion

. A

fter

all

,

any

on

e ca

n r

ecal

l h

ow

bei

ng

pra

ised

by

a t

each

er f

urt

her

mo

tiv

ated

us

to l

earn

the

subje

cts

or,

how

wel

l w

e w

ere

mo

tiv

ated

aft

er o

ur

par

ents

pra

ised

us.

Oth

erw

ise,

it

is b

est

to p

rais

e a

wo

rker

in

th

e p

rese

nce

of

oth

er

emp

loy

ees

bec

ause

th

en

they

b

eco

me

furt

her

m

oti

vat

ed.

In

con

tras

t, t

he

crit

icis

m s

ho

uld

be

giv

en i

n p

riv

ate

bec

ause

on

ly t

hen

it

has

a p

osi

tiv

e m

oti

vat

ion

al f

orc

e. C

riti

cism

in f

ront

of

oth

er w

ork

ers

is

per

ceiv

ed a

s an

att

ack

on

on

e's

ow

n p

erso

nal

ity

, an

d h

e m

ay b

eco

me

dem

oti

vat

ed t

o w

ork

.

2.

An i

nte

gra

l par

t of

the

org

aniz

atio

nal

cu

ltu

re o

f su

cces

sfu

l co

mp

anie

s

is g

ivin

g a

war

ds to

wo

rker

s. T

his

in

clu

des

dec

lari

ng

an

em

plo

yee

of

the

mo

nth

, a

wo

rker

o

f th

e y

ear,

ce

leb

rati

ng

an

niv

ersa

ries

o

f th

e

emp

loy

ee i

n t

he

com

pan

y (

ten

th,

twen

tiet

h,

and

oth

er a

nn

iver

sari

es),

gra

nti

ng

dip

lom

as f

or

a w

ell

do

ne

job

, et

c. A

nd

th

ese

typ

es o

f re

war

ds

hav

e an

im

po

rtan

t m

oti

vat

ion

al r

ole

, am

on

g o

ther

th

ing

s, b

ecau

se t

hey

rein

forc

e a

sen

se

of

bel

on

gin

g.

Mo

reo

ver

, th

e F

acu

lty

o

f C

ivil

En

gin

eeri

ng

in

Zag

reb

pro

clai

ms

the

bes

t st

ud

ents

, an

d t

hei

r p

ictu

res

are

po

sted

on

th

e n

oti

ce b

oar

d o

f th

e F

acu

lty

.

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7.

Rew

ardi

ng a

nd p

unis

hing

wor

kers

Wh

en t

hey

ask

ed D

rak

on

t w

hy

he

intr

od

uce

d t

he

dea

th p

enal

ty

for

mo

st c

rim

inal

off

ense

s, h

e an

swer

ed t

hat

he

bel

iev

ed t

hat

sm

all

off

ense

s [f

or

exam

ple

, st

eali

ng

ap

ple

s -

MA

] d

eser

ve

the

dea

th p

enal

ty,

and th

at he

could

not

thin

k of

a m

ore

se

ver

e p

un

ish

men

t fo

r m

ore

se

rio

us

off

ense

s. (

Plu

tarc

h a

bo

ut

Dra

ko

nt)

The

role

of r

ewar

d an

d pu

nish

men

t in

mot

ivat

ion

for w

ork

Psy

cho

log

y d

isti

ng

uis

hes

tw

o t

yp

es o

f w

ork

moti

vat

ion:

intr

insi

c an

d

extr

insi

c.

Intr

insi

c m

oti

vat

ion

is

in

tern

al,

wh

ich

co

mes

fr

om

th

e w

ork

er

him

self

. F

or

exam

ple

, w

hen

so

meo

ne

is p

lay

ing

th

e p

ian

o f

or

on

e's

ow

n

enjo

ym

ent,

on

e is

dri

ven

by

in

trin

sic

mo

tiv

atio

n.

Su

ch a

per

son

do

es n

ot

nee

d a

ny

ad

dit

ion

al r

ewar

d b

ecau

se h

e fi

nd

s fu

lfil

lmen

t in

th

e ac

tiv

itie

s h

e is

carr

yin

g o

ut.

We

enco

un

ter

this

ty

pe

of

mo

tiv

atio

n e

ven

at

the

wo

rkp

lace

.

Fo

r ex

amp

le,

teac

her

s so

met

imes

re

ally

en

joy

te

ach

ing

, es

pec

iall

y w

hen

stu

den

ts

are

inte

rest

ed

in

lear

nin

g.

Extr

insi

c m

oti

vat

ion

is

exte

rnal

mo

tiv

atio

n.

An

ex

amp

le o

f ex

trin

sic

mo

tiv

atio

n i

s a

wag

e. A

wo

rker

at

the

asse

mb

ly l

ine

do

es n

ot

wo

rk b

ecau

se t

his

wo

rks

cau

ses

him

ple

asu

re,

bu

t

bec

ause

he

nee

ds

the

mo

ney

. In

pre

vio

us

chap

ters

, th

e to

pic

of

intr

insi

c

mo

tiv

atio

n w

as m

enti

on

ed,

and

in

th

is ch

apte

r th

e em

ph

asis

w

ill

be

on

extr

insi

c m

oti

vat

ion

.

Ex

trin

sic

mo

tiv

atio

n i

s b

ased

on

rew

ards

and p

unis

hm

ents

. H

ow

ever

,

in o

rder

fo

r re

war

ds

and

pu

nis

hm

ents

to

be

effe

ctiv

e, i

t is

im

po

rtan

t th

at t

he

beh

avio

r o

f th

e p

erso

n,

wh

o im

po

sed

th

ese

mea

sure

s, is

ex

emp

lary

. F

or

exam

ple

, a

man

ager

who i

s la

te f

or

work

wil

l not

achie

ve

the

sam

e re

sult

s –

if h

e is

try

ing t

o p

reven

t del

ays

of

his

wo

rker

s -

as a

man

ager

wh

o r

egu

larl

y

58

bet

ter

for

the

ob

ject

ive

asse

ssm

ent

of

can

did

ates

, es

pec

iall

y w

hen

co

mb

ined

wit

h a

qu

anti

tati

ve

asse

ssm

ent

of

can

did

ates

fo

r ea

ch a

nsw

er.

Th

e ad

van

tag

e

of

un

stru

ctu

red

in

terv

iew

s is

a g

reat

er s

po

nta

nei

ty o

f co

nv

ersa

tio

n a

nd

a

gre

ater

op

po

rtu

nit

y f

or

free

ex

pre

ssio

n o

f in

terv

iew

ees.

Acc

ord

ing

to

th

e ty

pe

of

qu

esti

on

s,

we

dis

tin

gu

ish

a

situ

atio

nal

inte

rvie

w a

nd

a b

ehav

iora

l in

terv

iew

. In

th

e si

tuat

ion

al i

nte

rvie

w c

and

idat

es

are

exam

ined

ho

w t

hey

wo

uld

beh

ave

in a

hy

po

thet

ical

sit

uat

ion

, an

d i

n t

he

beh

avio

ral

inte

rvie

w w

e te

st h

ow

th

e ca

nd

idat

es b

ehav

e in

rea

l si

tuat

ion

s.

Ther

e ar

e al

so

the

so-c

alle

d

stre

ss

inte

rvie

ws

in

wh

ich

ca

nd

idat

es

are

del

iber

atel

y a

sked

pro

vo

cati

ve

qu

esti

on

s to

tes

t th

eir

abil

ity t

o c

ontr

ol

thei

r

emo

tio

ns.

Fo

r ex

amp

le,

if a

can

did

ate

was

un

emp

loyed

, an

inte

rvie

wer

is

try

ing

to

pro

vo

ke

the

qu

esti

on

: W

hat

mis

tak

es h

ave

yo

u d

on

e at

wo

rk s

ince

no

on

e w

ante

d t

o h

ire

yo

u f

or

six

mo

nth

s? S

om

e p

rob

lem

iss

ues

are

als

o

use

d

to

see

wh

at

is

a ca

nd

idat

e re

aso

nin

g

wh

en

un

der

st

ress

(a

nd

th

e

inte

rvie

w i

tsel

f is

a s

tres

s).

An

ex

amp

le o

f su

ch a

qu

esti

on

is

the

foll

ow

ing

:

Joh

n a

nd

An

tho

ny

to

get

her

hav

e 2

1 d

oll

ars.

Ho

w m

any

do

llar

s d

oes

Jo

hn

hav

e if

A

nth

on

y h

as 2

0 k

un

as m

ore

th

an h

im?

Alt

ho

ug

h it

is

a

sim

ple

mat

hem

atic

al q

ues

tio

n,

man

y ca

nd

idat

es g

ive

the

wro

ng

an

swer

b

ecau

se

they

fee

l n

erv

ou

s d

uri

ng

th

e in

terv

iew

.

Nu

mb

er o

f ex

amin

ers

in t

he

inte

rvie

w m

ay v

ary

fro

m o

ne

to r

elat

ivel

y

larg

e n

um

ber

o

f co

mm

itte

e m

emb

ers

(usu

ally

th

e co

mm

itte

e h

as

thre

e

mem

ber

s, b

ut

ther

e ar

e ti

mes

wh

en t

her

e ar

e m

ore

mem

ber

s).

Th

e re

aso

n f

or

the

lack

o

f n

um

ero

us

com

mit

tee

mem

ber

s is

a

cost

ly

pro

ced

ure

as

fo

r

sele

ctin

g t

he

can

did

ate

all

com

mit

tee

mem

ber

s m

ust

be

pai

d.

Ho

wev

er,

the

com

mit

tee

in t

hat

cas

e is

much

mo

re o

bje

ctiv

e b

ecau

se t

he

chan

ce o

f th

e

sub

ject

ive

asse

ssm

ent

of

on

e m

an's

ju

dg

men

t in

ch

oo

sin

g a

can

did

ate

is

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red

uce

d.

Th

e m

ost

co

mm

on

fo

rm o

f in

terv

iew

is

an i

mm

edia

te c

on

ver

sati

on

,

bu

t th

e in

terv

iew

ov

er t

he

ph

on

e is

als

o o

ften

use

d,

esp

ecia

lly

wh

en t

he

can

did

ates

li

ve

far

fro

m

the

pla

ce

wh

ere

the

inte

rvie

w

tak

es

pla

ce.

An

add

itio

nal

ad

van

tag

e o

f te

lep

ho

ne

inte

rvie

ws

is

the

elim

inat

ion

o

f

can

did

ate'

s p

hy

sica

l ap

pea

ran

ce a

s a

fact

or

in d

ecis

ion

-mak

ing

ab

ou

t w

hic

h

mo

re w

ill

be

said

lat

er.

In r

ecen

t ti

mes

, a

tele

inte

rvie

w,

at w

hic

h c

om

mit

tee

mem

ber

s co

mm

un

icat

e w

ith

th

e ca

nd

idat

e o

ver

th

e In

tern

et

usi

ng

th

e

cam

era,

is

use

d m

ore

fre

qu

entl

y.

Du

e to

th

e re

du

ctio

n i

n t

rav

el c

ost

s, t

he

use

of

that

tec

hn

iqu

e is

lik

ely

to

in

crea

se i

n t

he

futu

re.

In th

e en

d,

it is

im

po

rtan

t to

sa

y h

ow

ef

fici

ent

inte

rvie

ws

are

for

qu

alit

y

sele

ctio

n

of

emp

loy

ees.

In

sh

ort

, st

ud

ies

hav

e sh

ow

n

that

un

stru

ctu

red

in

terv

iew

s le

ave

a la

rge

pro

bab

ilit

y o

f su

bje

ctiv

ity

in

ass

essi

ng

can

did

ates

. It

is

pro

ven

th

at t

he

ph

ysi

cal

app

eara

nce

of

the

can

did

ate,

his

attr

acti

ven

ess,

hum

or,

fi

rm

han

dsh

ake

and

lookin

g

into

th

e ey

es

of

the

exam

iner

are

mu

ch m

ore

im

po

rtan

t in

th

e se

lect

ion

of

the

can

did

ate

than

qu

alit

y r

esp

on

ses.

So

, it

is

adv

ised

to

use

str

uct

ure

d i

nte

rvie

ws,

a l

arg

er

nu

mb

er o

f co

mm

itte

e m

emb

ers,

th

e ev

alu

atio

n o

f ea

ch a

nsw

er f

rom

1 t

o 3

or

1-5

, d

eter

min

ing

in

ad

van

ce w

hic

h a

nsw

er i

s co

rrec

t an

d w

hic

h i

s in

corr

ect.

In t

his

way

a g

reat

er o

bje

ctiv

ity

in

dec

isio

n-m

akin

g i

s ac

hie

ved

. H

ow

ever

, it

is p

rov

en t

hat

ev

en s

uch

a m

eth

od

has

bee

n l

ess

effi

cien

t th

an t

he

mo

st

effi

cien

t m

eth

od

, an

d t

hat

is

giv

ing t

he

task

to

th

e ca

nd

idat

e.

How

to b

e se

lect

ed?

So

far

, th

e m

eth

od

s o

f ch

oo

sin

g a

go

od

em

plo

yee

hav

e b

een

an

aly

zed

.

How

ever

, now

new

ti

ps

wil

l be

giv

en

on

h

ow

y

ou

ca

n

incr

ease

th

e

74

5.

Co

mp

are

May

o's

an

d M

aslo

w's

th

eory

!

6.

Wh

at a

re t

he

bas

ic e

lem

ents

of

McC

lell

and

's t

heo

ry?

7.

Wh

at i

s a

self

-fu

lfil

lin

g p

rop

hec

y a

nd w

hat

does

it

mea

n f

or

work

mo

tiv

atio

n?

8.

Wh

at i

s th

e m

anag

emen

t to

war

ds

ob

ject

ives

? G

ive

an e

xam

ple

!

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3.

Gen

eral

ly,

the

low

er n

eed

s h

ave

gre

ater

mo

tiv

atio

nal

fo

rce,

an

d h

igh

er

nee

ds

occ

ur

wh

en t

he

low

er n

eed

s ar

e sa

tisf

ied

. H

ow

ever

, th

ere

are

man

y d

evia

tio

ns

fro

m t

his

ru

le.

4.

Mas

low

's t

heo

ry i

s im

port

ant

for

the

mo

tiv

atio

n o

f w

ork

bec

ause

it

show

s th

at i

t is

not

enough t

o j

ust

giv

e th

e w

ork

ers

a sa

lary

, b

ut

they

also

hav

e a

nee

d t

o a

chie

ve

soci

al n

eed

s at

th

e w

ork

pla

ce,

the

nee

d

for

app

reci

atio

n,

even

fo

r se

lf-a

ctu

aliz

atio

n.

5.

McC

lell

and

st

ress

es

the

imp

ort

ance

o

f ch

ild

ho

od

fo

r fu

ture

w

ork

mo

tiv

atio

n.

Ho

wev

er,

chil

dh

oo

d i

s n

ot

cru

cial

bec

ause

mo

tiv

atio

n c

an

be

stre

ng

then

ed w

ith

ad

equ

ate

trai

nin

g e

ven

am

on

g a

du

lts.

6.

Sel

f-fu

lfil

lin

g

pro

ph

ecy

is

a

met

ho

d

in

wh

ich

p

osi

tiv

e p

rev

iou

s

exp

ecta

tio

ns

are

use

d b

ecau

se t

hey

hav

e a

larg

e im

pac

t o

n t

he

fin

al

resu

lt o

f th

e w

ork

. T

her

efo

re,

po

siti

ve

wo

rk e

nv

iro

nm

ent,

op

tim

isti

c

spir

it an

d p

rais

ing

th

e em

plo

yee

s h

ave

a p

osi

tive

impac

t on w

ork

mo

tiv

atio

n.

7.

Man

agem

ent

tow

ard

s o

bje

ctiv

es

is

a m

eth

od

in

w

hic

h

emp

loy

ees

det

erm

ine

thei

r o

per

atio

nal

go

als

tog

eth

er w

ith

th

eir

sup

erio

rs.

Th

is

met

ho

d

has

b

een

a

ver

y

succ

essf

ul

met

ho

d

in

incr

easi

ng

w

ork

mo

tiv

atio

n.

Exa

mpl

es o

f exa

m q

uest

ions

1.

Wh

at i

s m

oti

vat

ion

and

wh

y i

s it

rel

ativ

ely

dif

ficu

lt t

o a

nal

yze

it?

2.

Ho

w d

oes

Mas

low

cla

ssif

y h

um

an n

eed

s?

3.

Wh

at i

s th

e n

eed

fo

r se

lf-a

ctu

aliz

atio

n?

4.

Wh

at i

s th

e si

gn

ific

ance

of

Mas

low

's t

heo

ry f

or

the

anal

ysi

s o

f w

ork

mo

tiv

atio

n?

60

pro

bab

ilit

y f

or

get

tin

g a

jo

b.

Bas

ic t

ips

for

wri

tin

g C

Vs

and

ho

w t

o b

ehav

e

du

rin

g t

he

inte

rvie

w w

ill

also

be

pre

sen

ted

.

Cur

ricu

lum

Vita

e

At

the

beg

inn

ing

of

the

chap

ter

ther

e is

an

im

agin

ary

CV

of

a st

ud

ent

fro

m t

he

Fac

ult

y o

f C

ivil

En

gin

eeri

ng

. A

few

mo

re t

ips

for

wri

tin

g a

CV

wil

l

be

add

ed h

ere.

1.

Wri

te co

nci

se an

d re

adab

le C

Vs.

C

V sh

ou

ld b

e ea

sy to

re

ad an

d

sho

uld

at

trac

t th

e at

ten

tio

n

of

the

com

mit

tee.

T

her

efo

re,

om

it

un

nec

essa

ry d

etai

ls,

for

exam

ple

, h

ob

bie

s th

at h

ave

no

thin

g t

o d

o w

ith

com

pet

itio

n.

2.

If

edu

cati

on

is

y

ou

r st

ren

gth

, p

ut

the

dat

a o

n

sch

oo

lin

g

at

the

beg

inn

ing

of

a C

V.

Oth

erw

ise,

pu

t th

e ex

per

ien

ce i

n t

he

firs

t p

lace

.

So

rt t

he

dat

a in

rev

erse

ch

ron

olo

gic

al o

rder

, b

ecau

se t

he

rece

nt

dat

a is

mo

re i

mp

ort

ant

to y

ou

r em

plo

yer

th

an t

he

old

dat

a.

3.

If y

ou

fin

ish

ed c

oll

ege,

hig

h s

cho

ol

is n

ot

men

tioned

. If

you g

raduat

ed

fro

m h

igh

sch

oo

l, e

lem

enta

ry s

cho

ol

is n

ot

men

tio

ned

. T

he

facu

lty

sho

uld

al

way

s b

e st

ated

, ev

en if

you hav

e a

mas

ter'

s deg

ree

or

a

do

cto

rate

.

4.

Spec

ify t

he

languag

es y

ou c

an s

pea

k,

and k

now

ledge

of

com

pute

r

skil

ls.

5.

Sp

ecif

y h

ob

bie

s th

at m

ay b

e im

po

rtan

t fo

r th

e jo

b a

nd

th

ose

in

wh

ich

yo

u h

ave

ach

iev

ed g

reat

su

cces

ses.

6.

Ch

eck

po

ssib

le s

pel

lin

g a

nd

gra

mm

atic

al e

rro

rs i

n y

ou

r C

V b

ecau

se

they

lea

ve

a b

ad i

mp

ress

ion

.

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Rul

es fo

r go

od b

ehav

ior

duri

ng th

e in

terv

iew

1.

Bef

ore

th

e in

terv

iew

co

llec

t as

mu

ch i

nfo

rmat

ion

as

po

ssib

le a

bo

ut

the

emplo

yer

. C

all

the

com

pan

y a

nd

ask

fo

r d

etai

ls a

bo

ut

the

off

ered

jo

b.

2.

Rea

d y

ou

r C

V w

ell

and

be

pre

par

ed f

or

qu

esti

on

s re

late

d t

o y

ou

r C

V.

3.

Dre

ss cl

assi

call

y (s

uit

s fo

r m

en an

d co

stu

mes

fo

r w

om

en).

A

vo

id

bri

gh

t co

lors

, ex

cess

ive

jew

elry

an

d h

eavy m

akeu

p,

but

do n

ot

hid

e

stre

ng

ths

of

yo

ur

app

eara

nce

b

ecau

se

stu

die

s h

ave

sho

wn

th

at

ph

ysi

cal

app

eara

nce

is

o

ne

of

the

mo

st

imp

ort

ant

fact

ors

th

at

infl

uen

ces

the

sele

ctio

n o

f em

plo

yee

s.

4.

Pre

par

e fo

r fr

equ

entl

y a

sked

qu

esti

on

s, s

uch

as:

a) W

hat

is

yo

ur

gre

ates

t q

ual

ity

?

b)

Do

yo

u h

ave

any

dra

wb

ack

s th

at y

ou

wo

uld

lik

e to

ch

ang

e?

c) W

hat

sal

ary

do

yo

u e

xp

ect?

d)

Wh

at w

ork

ex

per

ien

ce d

o y

ou

hav

e fo

r th

is j

ob

?

5.

Be

sure

to

co

me

to t

he

inte

rvie

w b

efo

re t

he

sch

edu

led

tim

e. Y

ou

r la

te

arri

val

at

the

inte

rvie

w i

s al

mo

st a

cer

tain

rea

son f

or

elim

inat

ion.

In

add

itio

n,

the

earl

ier

arri

val

wil

l ca

lm y

ou

do

wn

an

d y

ou

mig

ht

fin

d

ou

t so

me

add

itio

nal

in

form

atio

n a

bo

ut

the

inte

rvie

w.

6.

Do

no

t u

nd

eres

tim

ate

yo

urs

elf.

Th

e v

ery

fac

t th

at y

ou

go

t en

roll

ed a

t

the

Fac

ult

y

of

Civ

il

En

gin

eeri

ng

is

an

in

dic

ato

r o

f y

ou

r q

ual

ity

,

esp

ecia

lly

in

a c

ou

ntr

y w

her

e o

nly

8%

of

the

po

pu

lati

on

has

a c

oll

ege

deg

ree.

Yo

ur

chan

ce o

f g

etti

ng

a j

ob

wil

l in

crea

se s

ign

ific

antl

y w

hen

yo

u s

ucc

essf

ull

y f

inis

h y

ou

r st

ud

ies.

If

we

add

yo

ur

kn

ow

led

ge

of

fore

ign

lan

gu

ages

, th

e ab

ilit

y t

o w

ork

on

th

e co

mp

ute

r an

d y

ou

r o

ther

qu

alit

ies,

wh

ich

sh

ou

ld b

e cl

earl

y s

tate

d i

n y

ou

r C

V a

nd

du

rin

g t

he

72

easi

ly

qu

anti

fied

, it

is

u

sual

ly

stil

l p

oss

ible

to

ap

ply

th

e m

eth

od

o

f

man

agem

ent

tow

ard

s o

bje

ctiv

es.

It i

s im

po

rtan

t to

em

ph

asiz

e th

at t

he

task

s

sho

uld

b

e ch

alle

ng

ing

, b

ut

atta

inab

le.

If

task

s ar

e n

ot

suff

icie

ntl

y

chal

len

gin

g,

hu

man

re

sou

rces

co

mp

anie

s w

ill

no

t b

e ex

plo

ited

en

ou

gh

.

Ho

wev

er,

ther

e is

a b

igg

er p

rob

lem

if

the

task

s ar

e n

ot

atta

inab

le,

bec

ause

in

this

cas

e fr

ust

rati

on

of

the

man

agem

ent

and e

mplo

yee

s w

ill

on

ly p

ile

up

. In

add

itio

n,

it i

s n

eces

sary

th

at t

he

wo

rker

s g

et f

eed

bac

k o

n t

he

qu

alit

y o

f th

eir

work

in o

rder

to k

now

if

the

way

they

wo

rk i

s su

cces

sfu

l. S

o t

he

wo

rker

s ar

e

in a

sim

ilar

po

siti

on

as

the

stu

den

ts s

ince

aft

er t

he

exam

th

ey w

ant

to g

et

gra

des

as

soo

n a

s th

ey c

an,

to d

eter

min

e if

th

ey a

re i

n a

go

od

co

mm

and

of

the

mat

eria

l. F

inal

ly,

it s

ho

uld

be

no

ted

th

at w

ith

th

e m

anag

emen

t to

war

ds

ob

ject

ives

it

is d

esir

able

to

giv

e a

rela

tiv

ely

hig

h d

egre

e o

f au

ton

om

y t

o

emp

loy

ees.

U

ltim

atel

y,

wh

eth

er

the

met

ho

ds

cho

sen

b

y

the

wo

rker

ar

e

corr

ect

wil

l b

e se

en w

hen

th

e ef

fect

of

his

/her

wo

rk i

s p

erio

dic

ally

tes

ted

.

Ho

wev

er,

if

the

met

ho

d

of

man

agem

ent

tow

ard

s o

bje

ctiv

es

is

to

be

succ

essf

ul,

it

must

be

com

ple

men

ted

wit

h a

deq

uat

e re

war

ds

to w

ork

ers

and

wo

rker

s w

ho

do

no

t fu

lfil

l th

e o

bje

ctiv

es s

ho

uld

be

pu

nis

hed

. T

hat

wil

l b

e

the

top

ic o

f th

e n

ext

chap

ter.

Sum

mar

y

1.

Moti

vat

ion

is

rela

tivel

y

dif

ficu

lt

to

inv

esti

gat

e b

ecau

se

the

sam

e

beh

avio

r ca

n b

e th

e re

sult

of

dif

fere

nt

mo

tiv

es,

and

th

e sa

me

mo

tiv

e

may

cau

se d

iffe

ren

t b

ehav

iors

.

2.

Mas

low

id

enti

fies

fi

ve

typ

es o

f n

eed

s:

ph

ysi

olo

gic

al n

eed

s, sa

fety

nee

ds,

so

cial

nee

ds,

th

e n

eed

fo

r ap

pre

ciat

ion

an

d t

he

nee

d f

or

self

-

actu

aliz

atio

n.

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such

as:

"I

can

do

it"

, "w

e ar

e th

e b

est"

, "w

e w

ill

mak

e it

," b

ecau

se s

uch

an

app

roac

h i

ncr

ease

s th

e m

oti

vat

ion

to

wo

rk a

nd

in

crea

ses

the

lik

elih

oo

d o

f

succ

ess.

On

e ca

n g

ener

ally

say

th

at o

pti

mis

m f

eed

s it

self

wit

h c

on

seq

uen

ces.

Sim

ilar

ly,

pes

sim

ism

(th

e b

elie

f th

at o

ne

wil

l fa

il)

incr

ease

s th

e li

kel

iho

od

that

th

is w

ill

real

ly h

app

en.

An

oth

er m

eth

od

, w

hic

h h

as a

lso

bee

n s

ucc

essf

ul

in p

ract

ice,

is

the

man

agem

ent

tow

ard

s o

bje

ctiv

es.

It

is

the

met

ho

d

in

wh

ich

em

plo

yee

s

det

erm

ine

thei

r w

ork

ing

g

oal

s to

get

her

w

ith

th

eir

sup

erio

rs.

In a

pri

vat

e

agre

emen

t w

ith

his

su

per

iors

an

em

plo

yee

an

d a

su

per

ior

mak

e p

lan

s w

hat

they

wil

l d

o i

n t

he

up

com

ing

per

iod

, u

sual

ly w

ith

in s

ix m

on

ths

to a

yea

r.

Aft

er t

hat

per

iod

has

pas

sed

, th

e su

per

ior

wit

h h

is e

mp

loy

ees

chec

ks

wh

eth

er

the

agre

ed o

bje

ctiv

es h

ave

bee

n ac

hie

ved

. In

th

is w

ay,

the

emp

loy

ee is

po

siti

vel

y m

oti

vat

ed b

ecau

se h

e h

as d

eter

min

ed h

is g

oal

s b

y h

imse

lf,

and

thu

s as

sum

ed t

he

resp

on

sibil

ity f

or

achie

vin

g t

he

go

als.

Th

e p

rere

qu

isit

e fo

r

the

app

lica

tio

n o

f m

eth

od

s o

f m

anag

emen

t to

war

ds

ob

ject

ives

is

mea

sura

ble

pro

duct

ivit

y,

whic

h i

s not

alw

ays

easy

to

acc

om

pli

sh.

Ho

wev

er,

wit

h t

he

pro

per

met

ho

d m

easu

rab

le g

oal

s ca

n b

e d

eter

min

ed t

o m

ost

em

plo

yee

s. T

he

norm

ca

n

be

det

erm

ined

fo

r ex

ecuti

ve

wo

rker

s,

and

h

igh

er

po

siti

on

ed

man

ager

s co

uld

, fo

r ex

amp

le,

set

a g

oal

to

in

crea

se p

rod

uct

ion

by

a c

erta

in

per

cen

tag

e,

red

uce

co

sts,

im

pro

ve

sale

s,

etc.

A

g

oo

d

exam

ple

o

f

man

agem

ent

tow

ard

s o

bje

ctiv

es i

s th

e w

ay t

he

un

iver

sity

tea

cher

s ar

e b

ein

g

con

tro

lled

. T

hey

are

re-

elec

ted

ev

ery

fiv

e y

ears

, an

d i

t is

ch

eck

ed w

het

her

they

ar

e el

igib

le

to

rem

ain

in

th

e cu

rren

t p

osi

tio

n

(ass

ista

nt

pro

fess

or,

pro

fess

or)

, o

r w

het

her

th

ey c

an b

e u

pg

rad

ed t

o a

hig

her

po

siti

on

. T

her

eby

,

mea

sura

ble

cri

teri

a ar

e b

ein

g d

eter

min

ed -

th

e n

um

ber

of

pu

bli

shed

pap

ers,

the

gra

des

th

ey r

ecei

ve

fro

m s

tud

ents

etc

. T

hu

s, e

ven

in

sec

tors

th

at a

re n

ot

62

inte

rvie

w,

then

th

ere

is

no

re

aso

n

to

be

afra

id

of

the

sele

ctio

n

pro

ced

ure

of

can

did

ates

fo

r th

e jo

b.

7.

Be

con

fid

ent,

bu

t n

ot

arro

gan

t.

8.

Lo

ok

th

e ex

amin

ers

in t

he

eyes

an

d b

e sm

ilin

g.

In a

dd

itio

n t

o p

hy

sica

l

app

eara

nce

, n

on

ver

bal

fac

tors

, w

hic

h a

ffec

t th

e im

pre

ssio

n y

ou

lea

ve,

are

also

im

po

rtan

t.

9.

Lea

rn

yo

ur

pre

sen

tati

on

b

y

hea

rt.

Be

sure

to

m

enti

on

y

ou

r w

ork

exp

erie

nce

, ed

uca

tio

n,

abil

ity

to

sp

eak

fo

reig

n l

ang

uag

es a

nd

sp

ecia

l

qu

alif

icat

ion

s.

10

. L

iste

n t

o q

ues

tio

ns

care

full

y a

nd

an

swer

th

em d

irec

tly

. A

sk f

or

an

exp

lan

atio

n i

f y

ou

do

no

t u

nd

erst

and

th

e q

ues

tio

n.

11

. D

o n

ot

forg

et t

o p

rais

e th

e ex

amin

ers

for

ask

ing

th

e q

ues

tio

ns

and

con

du

ctin

g

the

inte

rvie

w

bec

ause

it

in

crea

ses

yo

ur

chan

ce

to

be

cho

sen

.

Sum

mar

y

1.

Em

plo

yee

sel

ecti

on

is

a v

ery

im

po

rtan

t el

emen

t in

th

e m

anag

emen

t o

f

work

ers

bec

ause

the

pro

per

sel

ecti

on

of

wo

rker

s in

crea

ses

the

chan

ce

of

a su

cces

sfu

l b

usi

nes

s.

2.

Wo

rker

s ar

e u

sual

ly s

elec

ted

on

th

e b

asis

of

an a

pp

lica

tio

n f

or

the

ten

der

, C

V,

lett

er o

f re

com

men

dat

ion

, ta

sk c

om

ple

tio

n,

and

in

terv

iew

.

3.

Th

e m

ost

co

mm

on

tes

ts f

or

the

sele

ctio

n o

f w

ork

ers

are

inte

llig

ence

test

s, a

chie

vem

ent

test

s, p

sych

olo

gic

al t

ests

, p

hy

sica

l fi

tnes

s te

sts

and

soci

od

ram

atic

al t

ests

.

4.

Giv

ing

wo

rk t

ask

s h

as p

rov

en t

o b

e th

e m

ost

ob

ject

ive

met

ho

d o

f

sele

ctio

n o

f w

ork

ers.

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5.

Inte

rvie

ws

are

div

ided

in

to s

tru

ctu

red

and u

nst

ruct

ure

d;

they

can

als

o

be

div

ided

in

to s

itu

atio

nal

, b

ehav

iora

l an

d s

tres

s in

terv

iew

s.

6.

Can

did

ates

may

be

inte

rvie

wed

by

an

in

div

idu

al o

r co

mm

itte

e. T

he

Co

mm

itte

e is

a b

ette

r (t

ho

ug

h m

ore

ex

pen

siv

e) s

olu

tio

n b

ecau

se i

t

red

uce

s th

e p

oss

ibil

ity

of

sub

ject

ive

sele

ctio

n o

f ca

nd

idat

es.

7.

Ob

ject

ivit

y

of

the

sele

ctio

n

is

gre

ater

w

hen

usi

ng

a st

ruct

ure

d

inte

rvie

w,

and

w

hen

th

e m

emb

ers

of

the

com

mit

tee

eval

uat

e th

e

can

did

ates

fo

r ea

ch q

ues

tio

n o

n t

he

bas

is o

f p

red

eter

min

ed c

rite

ria.

8.

Ph

ysi

cal

app

eara

nce

an

d n

on

-ver

bal

co

mm

un

icat

ion

pla

y a

n i

mp

ort

ant

role

in

sel

ecti

on

of

a ca

nd

idat

e.

Exa

mpl

es o

f exa

m q

uest

ions

1.

Wh

at a

re t

he

mai

n p

rob

lem

s th

at m

ake

sele

ctio

n o

f em

plo

yee

s h

ard

er?

2.

What

met

hods

are

use

d t

o s

elec

t em

plo

yee

s?

3.

Ho

w v

alu

able

are

rec

om

men

dat

ion

let

ters

in

th

e se

lect

ion

pro

cess

?

4.

Wh

ich

tes

ts a

re u

sed

to

sel

ect

the

emp

loy

ees?

5.

Wh

at i

s th

e m

ost

ob

ject

ive

met

ho

d i

n s

elec

tio

n o

f w

ork

ers?

6.

Wh

at t

yp

es o

f in

terv

iew

s ar

e th

ere?

7.

Wh

at a

re t

he

adv

anta

ges

of

a st

ruct

ure

d i

nte

rvie

w?

8.

Wh

at k

ind

of

inte

rvie

w i

s a

stre

ss i

nte

rvie

w?

9.

How

can

obje

ctiv

ity o

f th

e in

terv

iew

be

incr

ease

d?

10

. W

hat

are

th

e b

enef

its

of

tele

ph

on

e in

terv

iew

s?

11

. L

ist

the

bas

ic r

ule

s fo

r w

riti

ng

a g

oo

d C

V!

12

. S

pec

ify

th

e ru

les

of

a g

oo

d b

ehav

ior

at t

he

inte

rvie

w!

70

bec

ause

th

ere

is

an

adeq

uat

e tr

ain

ing

w

hic

h

incr

ease

s m

oti

vat

ion

-

bu

t

man

ager

s sh

ould

be

awar

e th

at s

om

e w

ork

ers

hav

e lo

wer

sta

rtin

g p

osi

tio

n

bec

ause

th

ey w

ere

inad

equ

atel

y e

du

cate

d i

n c

hil

dh

oo

d.

Met

hods

of e

ncou

ragi

ng w

ork

mot

ivat

ion

In

pra

ctic

e se

lf-f

ulf

illi

ng

p

roph

ecy

and

man

agem

ent

tow

ards

ob

ject

ives

are

tw

o p

rov

en m

eth

od

s o

f in

crea

sin

g w

ork

mo

tiv

atio

n.

Wh

at i

s

self

-fu

lfil

lin

g p

rop

hec

y w

ill

be

bes

t ex

pla

ined

wit

h t

he

des

crip

tio

n o

f o

ne

exp

erim

ent.

Tw

o g

rou

ps

of

stu

den

ts w

ere

crea

ted

wh

ose

tas

k w

as t

o t

rain

rats

in

a r

apid

pas

sag

e th

rou

gh

th

e la

by

rin

th.

Th

e fi

rst

gro

up

was

to

ld t

hat

thei

r ra

ts w

ere

ver

y i

nte

llig

ent,

an

d t

he

seco

nd w

as t

old

that

thei

r ra

ts w

ere

no

t in

tell

igen

t. A

fter

a

wh

ile

they

m

easu

red th

e su

cces

s of

rats

pas

sing

thro

ug

h t

he

lab

yri

nth

. O

f co

urs

e, t

he

firs

t g

rou

p a

chie

ved

far

bet

ter

resu

lts.

Ho

wev

er,

the

po

int

was

th

at t

he

lead

ers

of

the

exp

erim

ent

del

iber

atel

y p

ut

equ

ally

su

cces

sfu

l ra

ts

in

bo

th

gro

up

s.

Th

is

mea

ns

that

su

bse

qu

ent

dif

fere

nce

s in

th

e re

sult

s b

etw

een

th

e tw

o

gro

up

s w

ere

a re

sult

o

f

con

vic

tio

ns

of

thei

r „c

oach

es"

that

th

ey c

an a

chie

ve

go

od

or

bad

res

ult

s. T

he

accu

racy

o

f th

ese

fin

din

gs

was

co

nfi

rmed

b

y

sim

ilar

ex

per

imen

ts

wit

h

stu

den

ts

and

ex

per

imen

ts

wit

h

sold

iers

in

th

e Is

rael

i ar

my

. In

th

ese

exp

erim

ents

, th

e in

stru

cto

rs w

ere

told

that

one

gro

up i

s re

ally

succ

essf

ul

and

in t

he

end

th

is g

rou

p a

chie

ved

bet

ter

resu

lts,

alt

ho

ug

h a

t th

e b

egin

nin

g o

f th

e

exper

imen

t both

gro

ups

wer

e co

mple

tely

eq

ual

. F

rom

th

ese

exp

erim

ents

, w

e

can c

oncl

ude

that

peo

ple

ach

ieved

bet

ter

resu

lts

when

you t

rust

in t

hem

, an

d

wh

en y

ou

ex

pec

t g

oo

d r

esu

lts

fro

m t

hem

, an

d t

hat

is

exac

tly

wh

at t

he

effe

ct

of

self

-fu

lfil

lin

g p

rop

hec

y m

eth

od

s is

bas

ed o

n.

In o

ther

wo

rds,

man

ager

s

sho

uld

en

cou

rag

e a

po

siti

ve

atm

osp

her

e at

th

e w

ork

pla

ce w

ith

sta

tem

ents

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sho

wn

in

May

o's

ex

per

imen

ts.

Th

eref

ore

, a

succ

essf

ul

man

ager

nee

ds

to b

e

awar

e o

f al

l th

e em

plo

yee

's

nee

ds

and

st

riv

e to

m

eet

them

in

o

rder

to

incr

ease

pro

du

ctiv

ity

. L

ack

of

Tay

lor

and

Fo

rd's

ap

pro

ach

was

th

at t

hey

con

cen

trat

ed o

nly

on

th

e lo

wes

t n

eed

s o

f w

ork

ers.

McC

lella

nd's

theo

ry o

f mot

ivat

ion

Wh

en

talk

ing

ab

ou

t w

ork

m

oti

vat

ion

, th

en

on

e sh

ou

ld

def

init

ely

men

tion M

cCle

llan

d bec

ause

he

has

in

ves

tig

ated

th

e re

aso

ns

wh

y m

any

peo

ple

are

un

mo

tiv

ated

to

wo

rk.

Th

e ca

use

s o

f th

is s

itu

atio

n M

cCle

llan

d

fou

nd

pri

mar

ily

in

ch

ild

ho

od

. H

is r

esea

rch

has

sh

ow

n t

hat

ch

ild

ren

wh

ose

par

ents

en

cou

rag

e au

ton

om

y (

for

exam

ple

, st

ori

ng

to

ys,

go

ing

to

sch

oo

l an

d

cro

ssin

g t

he

road

by

th

emse

lves

) ac

hie

ve,

on

av

erag

e, b

ette

r p

erfo

rman

ce

resu

lts

wh

en t

hey

gro

w u

p.

Co

nst

ant

sup

po

rt a

nd

pra

ise

fro

m t

hei

r p

aren

ts

stim

ula

te c

hil

dre

n's

wo

rk m

oti

vat

ion

wh

ich

lat

er r

emai

ns

for

life

. T

he

sto

ries

that

kid

s re

ad i

n c

hil

dh

oo

d m

ay a

lso

hav

e a

po

siti

ve

or

neg

ativ

e ef

fect

on

th

e

mo

tiv

atio

n o

f w

ork

. F

or

exam

ple

, S

no

w W

hit

e cr

eate

s th

e w

ron

g v

alu

e

bec

ause

th

e g

irls

are

en

cou

rag

ed t

o b

elie

ve

that

mar

ryin

g a

ric

h p

rin

ce w

ill

solv

e th

eir

pro

ble

ms.

In

co

ntr

ast,

st

ory

b

y

Mat

e L

ov

rak

Pe

ro K

vrži

ca's

Gro

up, c

reat

e a

po

siti

ve

val

ue

bec

ause

it

po

siti

vel

y v

alu

es w

ork

. H

ow

ever

, it

is i

mp

ort

ant

to n

ote

th

at M

cCle

llan

d d

oes

no

t ab

solu

tize

ch

ild

ho

od

as

the

on

ly p

erio

d i

n w

hic

h t

he

wo

rk h

abit

s ar

e fo

rmed

. O

n t

he

con

trar

y,

the

auth

or

has

fo

rmu

late

d a

tra

inin

g p

rog

ram

fo

r w

ork

ers

wh

o h

ave

litt

le m

oti

vat

ion

to

wo

rk.

In

this

p

rog

ram

, co

ncr

ete

ach

iev

able

ta

sks,

fr

om

ea

sy

to

mo

re

dif

ficu

lt,

are

set

for

wo

rker

s. W

ork

ers

hav

e th

e ab

ilit

y t

o c

on

stan

tly

ob

serv

e

thei

r p

rog

ress

at

wo

rk.

In t

his

way

thei

r co

nfi

den

ce a

nd

wo

rk m

oti

vat

ion

are

bei

ng

str

eng

then

ed.

So

mo

tiv

atio

n i

s p

oss

ible

to

dev

elo

p t

hro

ug

ho

ut

life

-

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6.

Wor

k m

otiv

atio

n

What

wil

l be

the

most

im

port

ant

fact

ors

to

yo

u w

hen

ch

oo

sin

g a

jo

b?

(ran

k =

1 t

he

mo

st i

mp

ort

ant,

th

e le

ast

imp

ort

ant

= 7

) -

Inte

rest

ing

jo

b

- Jo

b c

erta

inty

-

Sal

ary

-

Wo

rkin

g c

on

dit

ion

s -

Po

ssib

ilit

y o

f ad

van

cem

ent

- G

oo

d r

elat

ion

ship

s w

ith

co

-wo

rker

s -

Hu

man

tre

atm

ent

of

emp

loy

ees

Mot

ivat

ion

Cro

atia

n e

ncy

clo

ped

ic d

icti

on

ary

def

ines

mo

tiv

atio

n a

s "t

hat

wh

ich

mo

ves

us

to s

om

e ac

tiv

ity

."29 T

hu

s, e

xp

lori

ng

th

e m

oti

vat

ion

to

wo

rk,

we

exp

lore

th

e re

aso

ns

wh

y s

om

eon

e is

wo

rkin

g a

nd

th

e w

ays

wit

h w

hic

h w

e

can e

nco

ura

ge

som

eone

to p

erfo

rm h

igh

qu

alit

y j

ob

s. T

his

to

pic

has

alr

ead

y

bee

n d

iscu

ssed

in

th

e ch

apte

rs o

n t

he

his

tory

of

the

soci

olo

gy

of

wo

rk.

Wh

ile

Tay

lor

red

uce

d

mo

tiv

atio

n

excl

usi

vel

y

to

mo

ney

, M

ayo

d

isco

ver

ed

add

itio

nal

fac

tors

th

at m

oti

vat

e w

ork

ers.

Th

is c

hap

ter

wil

l p

rese

nt

add

itio

nal

fin

din

gs

fro

m t

he

area

acq

uir

ed b

y t

he

soci

olo

gy

of

wo

rk.

Ho

wev

er,

it i

s

nec

essa

ry t

o e

mp

has

ize

that

th

e m

oti

ves

are

rel

ativ

ely

dif

ficu

lt t

o a

nal

yze

bec

ause

dif

fere

nt

mo

tiv

es c

an r

esu

lt i

n t

he

sam

e b

ehav

ior.

Fo

r ex

amp

le,

som

eon

e co

uld

get

en

roll

ed a

t th

e F

acu

lty

of

Civ

il E

ng

inee

rin

g b

ecau

se h

is

par

ents

hav

e a

con

stru

ctio

n c

om

pan

y,

bec

ause

th

ey h

ave

fail

ed t

o e

nro

ll a

t

the

Fac

ult

y o

f A

rch

itec

ture

or

bec

ause

th

ey f

anta

size

ab

ou

t h

ow

to

bu

ild

29 C

roat

ian

Ency

clop

edic

Dic

tiona

ry (

Hrv

atsk

i en

cikl

oped

ijski

rje

čnik

),op.

cit.

, pp. 235.

68

If n

eed

s ar

e n

ot

bei

ng

m

et,

they

ar

e ac

tiv

ated

b

y v

ario

us

def

ense

mec

han

ism

s -

sub

lim

atio

n,

rati

on

aliz

atio

n,

fan

tasy

an

d

agg

ress

ion.

Su

bli

mat

ion

is

the

rep

lace

men

t o

f o

ne

acti

vit

y w

ith

an

oth

er,

so,

for

exam

ple

,

wo

men

wh

o c

ann

ot

hav

e ch

ild

ren

oft

en t

end t

o h

ave

pet

s as

a s

ubco

nsc

ious

sub

stit

ute

fo

r a

chil

d.

Rat

ion

aliz

atio

n

is

an

atte

mp

t to

d

imin

ish

th

e

sig

nif

ican

ce o

f so

met

hin

g th

at is

m

issi

ng

, so

if

so

meo

ne

do

es n

ot

hav

e

mo

ney

to

bu

y g

rap

es t

hat

on

e w

ou

ld l

ike

to e

at,

one

would

oft

en c

om

men

t

that

su

rely

th

e g

rap

es a

re s

ou

r. I

n a

dd

itio

n,

peo

ple

fan

tasi

ze a

bout

what

they

get

an

d s

om

e ca

n u

se a

gg

ress

ion

to t

hro

w o

ut

thei

r o

wn

fru

stra

tio

ns.

Th

is b

rief

rev

iew

of

the

bas

ic t

erm

s o

f p

sych

olo

gy

aim

s to

tea

ch u

s

ho

w t

he

wo

rk m

oti

vat

ion

is

asso

ciat

ed w

ith

th

e g

ener

al m

oti

vat

ion

. If

we

app

ly M

aslo

w's

th

eory

on

th

e w

ork

fie

ld,

we

can c

oncl

ude

that

it

is o

ften

easi

er t

o m

eet

low

er n

eeds

of

emplo

yee

s (w

ages

, n

utr

itio

n),

th

an t

he

hig

her

nee

ds

such

as

th

e n

eed

fo

r ap

pre

ciat

ion

an

d se

lf-a

ctu

aliz

atio

n at

to

day

's

wo

rkp

lace

. T

he

val

ue

of

May

o's

th

eory

is

that

he

sug

ges

ted

th

at t

he

hig

her

nee

ds

must

be

taken

into

acc

ount

for

work

mo

tiv

atio

n.

In a

sit

uat

ion

wh

en a

man

sp

end

s a

gre

at p

art

of

his

lif

e at

th

e w

ork

pla

ce,

it b

eco

mes

sig

nif

ican

t

that

he

is a

pp

reci

ated

by

his

wo

rkin

g e

nv

iro

nm

ent.

In

ad

dit

ion

, th

e fe

elin

g

that

one

has

att

ained

his

physi

cal

and

men

tal

po

ten

tial

s d

uri

ng

his

wo

rkin

g

yea

rs b

eco

mes

an

im

po

rtan

t el

emen

t o

f a

hap

py

lif

e. T

hu

s, t

he

po

sses

sio

n o

f

a d

egre

e is

no

t o

nly

a g

oo

d b

asis

fo

r a

hig

her

sal

ary,

bu

t al

so o

ne

of

the

imp

ort

ant

elem

ents

of

self

-res

pec

t, i

ncl

ud

ing

res

pec

t fr

om

th

e en

vir

on

men

t.

Per

son

s w

ho

fai

l to

co

mp

lete

co

lleg

e o

ften

try

to c

ure

th

eir

fru

stra

tio

ns

wit

h

con

stan

t cr

itic

ism

of

inte

llec

tual

s o

r em

ph

asiz

ing

th

eir

wea

lth

to

co

mp

ensa

te

thei

r fa

ilu

re i

n s

cho

ol.

Ho

wev

er,

it i

s im

po

rtan

t to

em

ph

asiz

e th

at p

eop

le

wit

h l

ow

er e

du

cati

on

hav

e a

nee

d t

o h

ave

thei

r w

ork

ap

pre

ciat

ed,

wh

ich

was

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thei

r m

oti

vat

ion

al

forc

e.

Mas

low

fi

rst

iden

tifi

es

hu

man

n

eed

s an

d

then

clas

sifi

es t

ho

se w

ith

th

e g

reat

est

mo

tiv

atio

nal

po

ten

tial

to

lea

st m

oti

vat

ion

al

po

ten

tial

. T

he

hie

rarc

hy

is

the

foll

ow

ing

:

1.

Phys

iolo

gica

l ne

eds

are

the

nee

ds

for

ox

yg

en,

wat

er,

foo

d,

slee

p,

war

mth

an

d s

exu

al n

eed

s.

2.

The

need

for

sec

urity

is

the

nee

d t

o b

e p

rote

cted

ag

ain

st p

ote

nti

al

atta

cks

on

u

s as

p

eop

le.

Th

ese

serv

ices

ar

e p

rov

ided

b

y

mil

itar

y,

po

lice

, fi

refi

gh

ters

an

d e

tc.

3.

Soci

al n

eeds

ar

e th

e nee

ds

for

love,

fr

iendsh

ip

and

har

monio

us

rela

tio

nsh

ip w

ith

th

e co

mm

un

ity

. M

an i

s a

soci

al b

ein

g a

nd

ou

tsid

e

the

com

mu

nit

y h

e co

uld

bar

ely

su

rviv

e. T

hat

is

wh

y h

e n

eed

s cl

ose

rela

tio

nsh

ips

wit

h o

ther

peo

ple

.

4.

Peo

ple

hav

e a

nee

d f

or

self

-est

eem

(a

go

od

op

inio

n o

f h

imse

lf)

and

a

nee

d f

or

appr

ecia

tion

by t

he

soci

ety.

5.

Th

e n

eed

fo

r se

lf-ac

tual

izat

ion

is

the

nee

d

to

dev

elo

p

on

e's

ow

n

men

tal

and

ph

ysi

cal

abil

itie

s to

th

e m

axim

um

.

Gen

eral

ly s

pea

kin

g,

the

ph

ysi

olo

gic

al n

eed

s h

ave

the

gre

ates

t st

ren

gth

of

mo

tiv

atio

n an

d se

lf-a

ctu

aliz

atio

n h

as th

e le

ast

stre

ng

th.

Hig

her

n

eed

s

bec

om

e im

po

rtan

t w

hen

th

e lo

wer

nee

ds

are

sati

sfie

d.

Ho

wev

er,

this

ru

le h

as

man

y e

xce

pti

on

s. F

or

exam

ple

, d

uri

ng

th

e w

ar,

peo

ple

are

oft

en w

illi

ng

to

dep

riv

e th

emse

lves

fro

m t

he

nat

ura

l p

hy

sio

log

ical

nee

ds

by

def

end

ing

th

eir

ho

mel

and

. In

su

ch c

ases

, th

e n

eed

to

res

pec

t y

ou

rsel

f (y

ou

are

no

t a

cow

ard

),

and

so

cial

nee

ds

bec

om

e m

ore

im

po

rtan

t th

an t

he

nee

d f

or

secu

rity

, fo

od

,

war

mth

an

d s

leep

(p

hy

sio

log

ical

nee

ds)

. L

ow

er n

eed

s ar

e in

stin

ctiv

e, w

hil

e

hig

her

nee

ds

are

more

rat

ional

.

66

bri

dg

es.

So

, d

iffe

ren

t m

oti

ves

can

res

ult

in

th

e sa

me

effe

ct -

ad

mis

sio

n t

o t

he

Fac

ult

y o

f C

ivil

En

gin

eeri

ng

. S

imil

arly

, o

ne

mo

tiv

e m

ay r

esu

lt i

n d

iffe

ren

t

beh

avio

r. T

he

des

ire

to h

ave

a lo

t o

f m

on

ey c

an m

oti

vat

e an

in

div

idu

al t

o

wo

rk h

ard

, an

d t

he

oth

er p

erso

n m

ay t

ry t

o r

ob

a b

ank

. F

urt

her

mo

re,

the

sati

sfac

tion

of

nee

ds

can

reduce

m

oti

vat

ion

, b

ut

it

can

al

so

incr

ease

mo

tiv

atio

n.

Su

cces

sfu

lly

so

lved

pro

ble

ms

at m

ath

emat

ics

exam

may

be

a

reas

on

fo

r o

ne

stu

den

t n

ot

to s

tudy t

hat

subje

ct a

fter

pas

sing t

he

exam

, w

hil

e

ano

ther

stu

den

t m

ay d

ecid

e to

ch

ang

e th

e fa

cult

y a

nd

in

stea

d o

f st

ud

yin

g a

t

the

Fac

ult

y o

f C

ivil

En

gin

eeri

ng

, h

e/sh

e w

ill

stu

dy

mat

hem

atic

s. S

cien

tist

s

them

selv

es m

ake

mat

ters

fu

rth

er c

om

pli

cate

d s

ince

th

ey h

ave

dif

fere

nt,

oft

en

con

flic

tin

g

theo

ries

o

n

mo

tiv

atio

n.

Fo

r ex

amp

le,

in

con

tem

po

rary

psy

cho

log

y t

her

e ar

e d

ivid

ed o

pin

ion

s o

n F

reu

dia

n t

heo

ry.

In o

ther

wo

rds,

the

anal

ysi

s o

f w

ork

mo

tiv

atio

n i

s n

ot

easy

bec

ause

peo

ple

are

dif

fere

nt,

an

d

the

soci

al

scie

nce

s ar

e tr

yin

g

to

fin

d

reg

ula

riti

es

that

ex

ist

in

peo

ple

's

acti

on

s, e

ven

in

th

e m

oti

vat

ion

to

wo

rk.

Mas

low

's th

eory

of m

otiv

atio

n30

Mas

low

is

cert

ain

ly o

ne

of

the

mo

st i

mp

ort

ant

auth

ors

wh

o d

ealt

wit

h

mo

tiv

atio

n.

He

is

par

ticu

larl

y

sig

nif

ican

t b

ecau

se

of

his

cl

assi

fica

tio

n

acco

rdin

g

to

the

nee

ds

of

the

mo

tiv

atio

nal

fo

rce.

In

fa

ct,

ever

y

man

is

con

stan

tly

co

nfr

on

ted

wit

h d

iffe

ren

t n

eed

s th

at m

ay b

e in

co

nfl

ict.

Wh

en t

he

stu

den

t w

akes

up

in

th

e m

orn

ing

, h

e k

no

ws

he

sho

uld

lea

rn,

bu

t h

e al

so f

eels

the

nee

d f

or

foo

d.

Wh

ich

of

the

two

act

ivit

ies

wil

l b

e d

on

e fi

rst

dep

end

s o

n

30 T

his

an

d t

he

nex

t ch

apte

r ar

e bas

ed o

n V

ecch

io,

Rober

t P

. 2003.

Org

aniz

atio

nal b

ehav

ior:

cor

e co

ncep

ts.

Mas

on

, O

hio

: T

ho

mso

n/S

ou

th-W

este

rn,

pp

. 7

0-1

22

.