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ERIC Number: EJ264269
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1982-Jun
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Alternative Philosophies of Work: Some Questions for Educators.
Wirth, Arthur G.
Phi Delta Kappan, v63 n10 p677-80 Jun 1982
For decades the principles of scientific management, borrowed from industry, have held sway in U.S. schools. Now these principles have been supplanted in the industrial workplace by new socio-technical theories. This article describes the new industrial management model and its implications for education. (Author/WD)
Descriptors: Cooperation, Educational Administration, Industrial Structure, Labor Problems, Management Systems, Models, Productivity
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Scientific Management; Socio Technical Management; Worker Alienation