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The fabric of this world : inquiries into calling, career choice, and the design of human work / by Lee Hardy. [print]

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Grand Rapids, Michigan : W.B. Eerdmans, (c)1990.Description: xviii, 213 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0802802982
  • 9780802802989
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BV4740.F337 1990
  • BV4740.H269.F337 1990
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Contents:
part 1. Expositions. Work : divine prerogative or the burden of the beast? The Greek solution The medieval continuation The Renaissance reversal Marx : self-realization through work Freud : work as a form of self-denial Summary and transition : the promise of the concept of vocation Our work, God's providence : the Christian concept of vocation. Luther : God's providential presence in the work of our hands The Calvinist elaboration : work and the organic structure of social life The Calvinist modification : the call to reform fallen structures Ecumenical convergence : the contemporary Catholic position part 2. Applications. Work, life, and vocational choice : investing yourself in the divine economy. Making the match : a career choice Finding the fit : job placement Changing the system : conflict and strategy Balancing commitments : work and vocation Reformed monasticism : the work of prayer Summary and transition : from career choice to job design.
The shaping of human work : management theory and job design. Frederick W. Taylor : the imposition of science and the butalization of work Elton Mayo : the Hawthorne Experiment and the discovery of the human dimension of work Chris Argyris : conflicts between organizational structure and human self-realization Frederick Herzberg : human needs, motivation and hygiene Douglas McGregor : Theory X, Theory Y, and management by integration Peter F. Drucker : respect for persons, management by objectives, and responsible work Robert Levering : the ethics of trust and the politics of fair play in great workplaces The bottom line : must we choose between people and profits? ; Live options for job design : restoring a sense of vocation to work.
Summary: "Work concerns all of us: we spend more of our waking hours working than doing anything else. The importance of work and the need to reflect more fully and meaningfully on it make Lee Hardy's Fabric of This World a highly relevant book."--Back cover.
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part 1. Expositions. Work : divine prerogative or the burden of the beast? The Greek solution The medieval continuation The Renaissance reversal Marx : self-realization through work Freud : work as a form of self-denial Summary and transition : the promise of the concept of vocation Our work, God's providence : the Christian concept of vocation. Luther : God's providential presence in the work of our hands The Calvinist elaboration : work and the organic structure of social life The Calvinist modification : the call to reform fallen structures Ecumenical convergence : the contemporary Catholic position part 2. Applications. Work, life, and vocational choice : investing yourself in the divine economy. Making the match : a career choice Finding the fit : job placement Changing the system : conflict and strategy Balancing commitments : work and vocation Reformed monasticism : the work of prayer Summary and transition : from career choice to job design.

The shaping of human work : management theory and job design. Frederick W. Taylor : the imposition of science and the butalization of work Elton Mayo : the Hawthorne Experiment and the discovery of the human dimension of work Chris Argyris : conflicts between organizational structure and human self-realization Frederick Herzberg : human needs, motivation and hygiene Douglas McGregor : Theory X, Theory Y, and management by integration Peter F. Drucker : respect for persons, management by objectives, and responsible work Robert Levering : the ethics of trust and the politics of fair play in great workplaces The bottom line : must we choose between people and profits? ; Live options for job design : restoring a sense of vocation to work.

"Work concerns all of us: we spend more of our waking hours working than doing anything else. The importance of work and the need to reflect more fully and meaningfully on it make Lee Hardy's Fabric of This World a highly relevant book."--Back cover.

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