San Antonio College Library

Develops methodologies of use in assessing the impact of libray and information services with respect to the overall performance of corporate organizations, including return-on-investment and cost-benefit analysis, knowledge value-added, intranet team forums, and intellectuual capital valuation.

Monograph on the sociological aspects of woman workers in manual worker employment in the USA - interviews 87 female skilled workers as to their working class background, occupational choice, Motivation, career pattern, human relations problems, job satisfaction, etc., and disusses employment policy implications. References.

It is no secret that corporate America is in trouble - as are labor unions - and a principal reason is our archaic system of labor-management relations that excludes labor from participating in, and sharing responsibility for, the growth and profitability of the enterprises for which they work. In a book sure to arouse controversy in both management and labor circles, the coauthor of the widely acclaimed The Deindustrialization of America and The...

Case study of organization development and creative thinking as a means to improve quality of working life and work organization in an industrial enterprise (Eaton) in the USA - discusses implementation of change processes regarding work environment, human relations, personnel management, workers participation in decision making, etc.; shows how employees responsibility and Motivation can increase labour productivity and job satisfaction and improve...

Using interviews with technical professionals from a wide range of employment settings, examines the difficult path traversed by people who choose to work less than the standard, forty-hour week and refutes the popular myth of the customized work schedule as a return to traditionalism among women. Shows that most of these workers, male and female, young and old remain strongly committed to their jobs, but wish to combine work with other activities...

Overview: In the highly-anticipated second edition of Changing Contours of Work: Jobs and Opportunities in the New Economy, authors Sweet and Meiksins once again provide a rich analysis of the American workplace in the larger context of an integrated global economy. Through engaging vignettes and rich data, this text frames the development of jobs and employment opportunities in an international comparative perspective, revealing the historical transformations...

"Work and Family - Allies or Enemies? offers a fresh new lens for viewing the real struggles that business professionals face in their daily battle to find ways of "getting a life" and "having it all." Based on a pioneering study that surveyed more than 800 business professionals, this volume will help readers understand and deal with the effects of gender, professional culture, and social expectations on the evolving roles of men and women in crafting...

Comparison of men and woman worker employees attitudes towards employment and job satisfaction in the USA - explains sample survey research methods; compares attitudes to promotion, awareness of sex discrimination, family social role, etc; examines the role of value systems in the sexual division of labour. Annotated bibliography.

In When Work Doesn't Work Anymore, Elizabeth Perle McKenna gives passionate voice to an issue that concerns every woman working today. With eloquence and candor, she exposes the unlivable bargain women have made in order to have meaningful work in a world whose rules are still designed to suit men. Consequently, no matter how high the rise in salaries or positions, women's stress and dissatisfaction are higher still. McKenna speaks with profound understanding...