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Flexibility in Modern Workplaces: Fordism, Post-Fordism, and Risk Society, Slides of Sociology

Aliah UniversitySociology

The flexibility issues in modern workplaces through the lenses of fordism, post-fordism, and risk society. It discusses the imposition of discipline and order in the workplace during fordism, the shift towards uncertainty and temporary narratives in post-fordism, and the unpredictability and distribution of 'bads' in risk society. The document also covers forms of flexibility, the crisis of economic planning, and debates surrounding the concept.

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Flexibility Issues
1. Modernity and Order at work
2. Fordism and Post-Fordism
3. Modernity and Postmodernity
4. Risk Society
5. The Limits of Rationality: 1980’s recession:
‘stagflation’
6. Forms of Flexible Labour Strategies
7. Flexible Labour markets: risk-shifting pt.1
8. Flexible Capital markets: risk-shifting pt.2
9. Problems and issues
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Flexibility Issues

1. Modernity and Order at work

2. Fordism and Post-Fordism

3. Modernity and Postmodernity

4. Risk Society

5. The Limits of Rationality: 1980’s recession:

‘stagflation’

6. Forms of Flexible Labour Strategies

7. Flexible Labour markets: risk-shifting pt.

8. Flexible Capital markets: risk-shifting pt.

9. Problems and issues

Fordism

1. Labour Process theory

2. McDonaldization

3. Call Centre Work

4. Emotional Labour

All focussed on the imposition of

discipline and order in the workplace

Postmodernism

There has been a decisive break with the

order, rationality and faith in progress of

modernism as exemplified in the grand

theories of classical Sociology

This has been replaced by temporary,

situated, mini-narratives to reflect the

fragmented and fragile nature of social

reality (Baudrillard, Lyotard etc)

Risk Society

  1. We live in uncertain and dangerous times due to the development of reflexive modernity.
  2. In solving problems modernity creates new and more intractable problems
  3. The future becomes increasingly unpredictable leading to the adoption of risk-shifting strategies. The focus of the late modern economy is on the distribution of bads (Beck, Giddens)
  4. This has led to crises of legitimacy and authority

The Crisis of Economic Planning

1. Mid 1970’s oil crisis triggered the

‘impossible’ condition of stagflation

2. Loss of confidence in the stability and

predictability of markets

3. Emphasis of corporate strategy switched

from market control to risk shifting

4. Monetarism

Flexible Labour Markets

  1. Core – Labour that is engaged on central operations of the organisation as these are defined by senior management
  2. Primary Periphery – Labour that provides profession/skilled services for which there is only occasional need
  3. Secondary Periphery – Labour that is engaged on routine tasks, especially where these can be separated from core operations (hireable and fireable)

Flexibility Issues and Debates

  1. Does it exist? – Is it an extension of Fordism
  2. Long-term strategy or ad hoc response? – was it (an unthinking) response to an unexpected crisis; a self-fulfilling prophecy
  3. Is it new – re the history of early industrialisation?
  4. Does it matter – does it affect basic issues concerning the distribution and exercise of control?