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5.4 H ow is work carried out ?

Chapter 5: Change and Development in Industrial Society · SOCIOLOGY-SOCIAL CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA

. H ow is work carried out ? In this section, we will explore how work actually takes place. How are all the products we see around us manufactured?

What is the relationship between managers and workers in a factory or in an office? In India, there is a whole range of work settings from large companies where work is automated to small home-based production. The basic task of a manager is to control workers and get more work out of them. There are two main ways of making workers produce more.

One is to extend the working hours. The other is to increase the amount that is produced within a given time period. Machinery helps to increase production, but it also creates the danger that eventually machines will replace workers. Both Marx and Mahatma Gandhi saw mechanisation as a danger to employment.

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