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Safety Management In The Workplace (Paperback): Francois van Loggerenberg Safety Management In The Workplace (Paperback)
Francois van Loggerenberg 1
R600 R560 Discovery Miles 5 600 Save R40 (7%) Ships in 4 - 8 working days

Health and safety management is a key responsibility of organisations. This edition of Safety Management in the Workplace aims at highlighting certain aspects regarding health and safety in the workplace.

The book highlights: occupational health and safety from a global perspective, legislation and competency requirements, the difference between responsibility and accountability, occupational hygiene, first-aid, risk assessment, etc.

Safety Management In An Organisational Context (Paperback): Leonie Louw Safety Management In An Organisational Context (Paperback)
Leonie Louw 2
R508 Discovery Miles 5 080 Ships in 2 - 4 working days

While many books focus on occupational health and safety in the international arena, few provide information pertinent to safety management in South Africa and in Africa as a whole. Safety Management in an Organisational Context aims to bridge this gap and to increase safety awareness at all levels of any organisation in Africa. The topics discussed in the book include safety in industry, functional safety, working in confined spaces, ergonomics and fire safety. The general provisions of the Occupational Health and Safety Act 85 of 1993 and its regulations are explained in detail as they relate to safety in the South African workplace today.

Managing for healthy labour relations - A practical guide for health services in Southern Africa (Paperback, 3rd ed): C.J.... Managing for healthy labour relations - A practical guide for health services in Southern Africa (Paperback, 3rd ed)
C.J. Garbers, M. Matlakala; Edited by M.C. Bezuidenhout 1
R752 Discovery Miles 7 520 Ships in 7 - 10 working days

The health services environment differs from other industries, as it deals with the wellbeing and lives of people. It is therefore imperative to understand: The importance of ethical codes; The correct way of dealing with labour-related issues. This work provides a practical and up-to-date guide for health services managers who deal with personnel and who wish to create a working environment that facilitates bilateral cooperation and avoid industrial action as far as possible. It sets out current legislation that affects both employers and employees, and informs them of their rights and obligations in very clear terms, supplemented by ample practical examples and specimen documentation.

Solidarity & Care - Domestic Worker Activism in New York City (Hardcover): Alana Lee Glaser Solidarity & Care - Domestic Worker Activism in New York City (Hardcover)
Alana Lee Glaser
R2,278 R2,127 Discovery Miles 21 270 Save R151 (7%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The members of the Domestic Workers United (DWU) organization-immigrant women of color employed as nannies, caregivers, and housekeepers in New York City-formed to fight for dignity and respect and to "bring meaningful change" to their work. Alana Lee Glaser examines the process of how these domestic workers organized against precarity, isolation, and exploitation to help pass the 2010 New York State Domestic Worker Bill of Rights, the first labor law in the United States protecting in-home workers. Solidarity & Care examines the political mobilization of diverse care workers who joined together and supported one another through education, protests, lobbying, and storytelling. Domestic work activists used narrative and emotional appeals to build a coalition of religious communities, employers of domestic workers, labor union members, and politicians to first pass and then to enforce the new law. Through oral history interviews, as well as ethnographic observation during DWU meetings and protest actions, Glaser chronicles how these women fought (and continue to fight) to improve working conditions. She also illustrates how they endure racism, punitive immigration laws, on-the-job indignities, and unemployment that can result in eviction and food insecurity. The lessons from Solidarity & Care along with the DWU's precedent-setting legislative success have applications to workers across industries. All royalties will go directly to the Domestic Workers United

Coffeeland - One Man's Dark Empire and the Making of Our Favorite Drug (Paperback): Augustine Sedgewick Coffeeland - One Man's Dark Empire and the Making of Our Favorite Drug (Paperback)
Augustine Sedgewick
R494 R468 Discovery Miles 4 680 Save R26 (5%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice "Extremely wide-ranging and well researched . . . In a tradition of protest literature rooted more in William Blake than in Marx." -Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker The epic story of how coffee connected and divided the modern world Coffee is an indispensable part of daily life for billions of people around the world. But few coffee drinkers know this story. It centers on the volcanic highlands of El Salvador, where James Hill, born in the slums of Manchester, England, founded one of the world's great coffee dynasties at the turn of the twentieth century. Adapting the innovations of the Industrial Revolution to plantation agriculture, Hill helped turn El Salvador into perhaps the most intensive monoculture in modern history-a place of extraordinary productivity, inequality, and violence. In the process, both El Salvador and the United States earned the nickname "Coffeeland," but for starkly different reasons, and with consequences that reach into the present. Provoking a reconsideration of what it means to be connected to faraway people and places, Coffeeland tells the hidden and surprising story of one of the most valuable commodities in the history of global capitalism.

Employment, Hours, and Earnings 2021 - States and Areas (Paperback, Sixteenth Edition): Mary Meghan Ryan Employment, Hours, and Earnings 2021 - States and Areas (Paperback, Sixteenth Edition)
Mary Meghan Ryan
R3,139 Discovery Miles 31 390 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Bernan Press proudly presents the 15th edition of Employment, Hours, and Earnings: States and Areas, 2020. A special addition to Bernan Press Handbook of U.S. Labor Statistics: Employment, Earnings, Prices, Productivity, and Other Labor Data, this reference is a consolidated wealth of employment information, providing monthly and annual data on hours worked and earnings made by industry, including figures and summary information spanning several years. These data are presented for states and metropolitan statistical areas. This edition features: Nearly 300 tables with data on employment for each state, the District of Columbia, and the nation's seventy-five largest metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) Detailed, non-seasonally adjusted, industry data organized by month and year Hours and earnings data for each state, by industry An introduction for each state and the District of Columbia that denotes salient data and noteworthy trends, including changes in population and the civilian labor force, industry increases and declines, employment and unemployment statistics, and a chart detailing employment percentages, by industry Ranking of the seventy-five largest MSAs, including census population estimates, unemployment rates, and the percent change in total nonfarm employment, Concise technical notes that explain pertinent facts about the data, including sources, definitions, and significant changes; and provides references for further guidance A comprehensive appendix that details the geographical components of the seventy-five largest MSAs The employment, hours, and earnings data in this publication provide a detailed and timely picture of the fifty states, the District of Columbia, and the nation's seventy-five largest MSAs. These data can be used to analyze key factors affecting state and local economies and to compare national cyclical trends to local-level economic activity. This reference is an excellent source of information for analysts in both the public and private sectors. Readers who are involved in public policy can use these data to determine the health of the economy, to clearly identify which sectors are growing and which are declining, and to determine the need for federal assistance. State and local jurisdictions can use the data to determine the need for services, including training and unemployment assistance, and for planning and budgetary purposes. In addition, the data can be used to forecast tax revenue. In private industry, the data can be used by business owners to compare their business to the economy as a whole; and to identify suitable areas when making decisions about plant locations, wholesale and retail trade outlets, and for locating a particular sector base.

Reliability Analysis and Asset Management of Engineering Systems (Paperback): Gilberto Francisco Martha De Souza, Escola... Reliability Analysis and Asset Management of Engineering Systems (Paperback)
Gilberto Francisco Martha De Souza, Escola Politecnica Da Usp, Arthur Henrique De Andrade Melani, Miguel Angelo De Carvalho Michalski, Renan Favarao Da Silva
R4,229 Discovery Miles 42 290 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Reliability Analysis and Asset Management of Engineering Systems explains methods that can be used to evaluate reliability and availability of complex systems, including simulation-based methods. The increasing digitization of mechanical processes driven by Industry 4.0 increases the interaction between machines and monitoring and control systems, leading to increases in system complexity. For those systems the reliability and availability analyses are increasingly challenging, as the interaction between machines has become more complex, and the analysis of the flexibility of the production systems to respond to machinery failure may require advanced simulation techniques. This book fills a gap on how to deal with such complex systems by linking the concepts of systems reliability and asset management, and then making these solutions more accessible to industry by explaining the availability analysis of complex systems based on simulation methods that emphasise Petri nets.

Imagine Belonging - Your Inclusive Leadership Guide to Building an Equitable Workplace (Hardcover): Rhodes Perry Imagine Belonging - Your Inclusive Leadership Guide to Building an Equitable Workplace (Hardcover)
Rhodes Perry
R924 Discovery Miles 9 240 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Access Denied - Addressing Workplace Disparities and Discrimination (Hardcover): Brenda Harrington Access Denied - Addressing Workplace Disparities and Discrimination (Hardcover)
Brenda Harrington
R754 Discovery Miles 7 540 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Open Your Own Doors - One Woman's Story of Success in a Male-Dominated Industry (Hardcover): Nora Castro Open Your Own Doors - One Woman's Story of Success in a Male-Dominated Industry (Hardcover)
Nora Castro
R601 R544 Discovery Miles 5 440 Save R57 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Seismic Safety of High Arch Dams (Hardcover): Houqun Chen, Shengxin Wu, Faning Dang Seismic Safety of High Arch Dams (Hardcover)
Houqun Chen, Shengxin Wu, Faning Dang
R3,669 R2,549 Discovery Miles 25 490 Save R1,120 (31%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Written for civil, structural and geotechnical engineers, this book presents the latest research and practical experience in the design of high-arch dams in seismically active regions, from an author team that is highly active and experienced in the design, development and construction of 300m high arch dams. The book covers the entire subject of dam design for seismic regions, including seismic input mechanisms and modeling, non-linear analysis techniques for dam structure and foundations, concrete material properties, and simulation techniques for dam design. Of particular value are the real-world experimental data and design case studies that enhance the book and ensure that readers can apply the theoretical content to their own projects.

Sharks, Slimeballs and Malcontents - Organizational Survival Guide (Hardcover): Jake Hagerman Sharks, Slimeballs and Malcontents - Organizational Survival Guide (Hardcover)
Jake Hagerman
R731 R642 Discovery Miles 6 420 Save R89 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Innovation Networks - Theory and Practice (Hardcover, illustrated edition): Andreas Pyka, Gunter Kuppers Innovation Networks - Theory and Practice (Hardcover, illustrated edition)
Andreas Pyka, Gunter Kuppers
R3,334 Discovery Miles 33 340 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book presents a broad overview of the multifaceted phenomena of innovation networks, which have assumed increasing importance with the emergence of the so-called 'knowledge economy'. The topic of innovation networks is analysed through different lenses, bringing together the theory of self-organisation, complexity theory and recent developments in the economic and sociological literature on innovation. The aim of the book is the integration of these different perspectives in order to develop a common theory of innovation networks. In this respect, a general model of innovation networks is applied to different industrial sectors such as the biotechnology industry, the telecommunications industry, and knowledge-intensive business systems which form the backbone of the internet economy. By combining empirical case studies with theoretical work on the emergence of innovation networks, the authors are able to identify the mechanisms and circumstances which can contribute to their successful development and evaluation. Innovation Networks is the result of a two year collaboration between academics from a range of different disciplines including theoretical physics, political science, computer science, sociology and economics. As such, it will appeal to students, scholars and researchers in all of these fields as well as business and R&D managers, and policymakers and politicians involved in the promotion of technology policy.

Labor Unions and Politics (Hardcover): Babafemi O. Elufiede Labor Unions and Politics (Hardcover)
Babafemi O. Elufiede
R815 Discovery Miles 8 150 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Strategic Labor Relations Management in Modern Organizations (Hardcover): Ana Maria Lucia Casademunt Strategic Labor Relations Management in Modern Organizations (Hardcover)
Ana Maria Lucia Casademunt
R5,612 Discovery Miles 56 120 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Rapid changes within the modern business landscape have created new demands for human resources management. With a different set of challenges to face, human resources managers must implement novel approaches to improve policy effectiveness. Strategic Labor Relations Management in Modern Organizations is a pivotal reference source for the latest scholarly research on emerging human resource practices in relation to labor management, featuring innovative methods to remain competitive in the global business arena. Focusing on critical analyses and real-world applications, this book is ideally designed for professionals, upper-level students, managers, and researchers actively involved in human resources settings.

Free the Children - A Young Man Fights Against Child Labor and Proves That Children Can Change the World (Paperback): Craig... Free the Children - A Young Man Fights Against Child Labor and Proves That Children Can Change the World (Paperback)
Craig Kielburger, Kevin Major
R449 R420 Discovery Miles 4 200 Save R29 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Here is the dramatic and moving story of one child's transformation from a normal, middle-class kid from the suburbs to an activist, fighting against child labor on the world stage of international human rights.

Making headlines around the globe, Graig Keilburger and his organization, Free the Children, which he founded at the age of twelve, have brought unprecedented attention to the worldwide abuse of children's rights. Free the Childrenis a passionate and astounding story and a moving testament to the power that children and young adults have to change the world, as witnessed through the achievements of one remarkable young man.

Ungrateful - The Rise and Fall of Labor Unions (Hardcover): Jerry W. Williams Ungrateful - The Rise and Fall of Labor Unions (Hardcover)
Jerry W. Williams
R743 Discovery Miles 7 430 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Labor Matters - The African American Labor Crisis, 1861-Present 2nd Edition (Hardcover, Revised ed.): Roderick O. Ford Labor Matters - The African American Labor Crisis, 1861-Present 2nd Edition (Hardcover, Revised ed.)
Roderick O. Ford
R876 Discovery Miles 8 760 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
An Economic Analysis on Automated Construction Safety - Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence and 3D Printing (Hardcover,... An Economic Analysis on Automated Construction Safety - Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence and 3D Printing (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
Rita Yi Man Li
R4,167 Discovery Miles 41 670 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book addresses information technologies recently applied in the field of construction safety. Combining case studies, literature reviews and interviews to study the issue, it presents cutting-edge applications of various information technologies (ITs) in construction in different parts of the world, together with a wealth of figures, tables and examples. Though primarily intended for researchers and experts in the field, the book will also benefit graduate students.

Transforming Management in Central and Eastern Europe (Hardcover, New): Roderick Martin Transforming Management in Central and Eastern Europe (Hardcover, New)
Roderick Martin
R5,810 Discovery Miles 58 100 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Transforming Management in Central and Eastern Europe analyses changes in enterprises in seven European countries since 1989 - Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Russia, and Slovakia. Economic trends have differed vastly between these countries, but nevertheless, there are common objectives, common problems, and significant similarities in developments. This book shows the continuities, as well as the discontinuities, between the Socialist and the post-Socialist periods. It argues that Central and Eastern European countries are developing a distinctive, hybrid form of post-Socialist economic system, largely dominated by enterprise managers in alliance with state administrations-politicized managerial capitalism. Privatization has not transformed management practices, competition has.

Multinational Companies and Domestic Firms in Europe - Comparing Wages, Working Conditions and Industrial Relations... Multinational Companies and Domestic Firms in Europe - Comparing Wages, Working Conditions and Industrial Relations (Hardcover)
K. Tijdens, D. Gregory, Maarten Van Klaveren
R3,669 Discovery Miles 36 690 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Globalisation is one of the most heavily debated present-day phenomena and has been widely covered by books, papers and journal articles. Nevertheless, the reader is frequently left with nearly as many definitions of the subject as there are authors writing about it. Most analysts now agree that a common denominator is the increasing inter-connectedness of nations, people, and economies. After the Second World War, a number of major forces underpinned the spread of globalisation. These included the rapid development of information and communication technology (ICT), boosted relatively recently by the development of the Internet and the massive growth of trade and foreign direct investment (FDI). These factors cannot of course be separated from the increasing numbers and influence of multinational enterprises (MNEs) and the tide of economic liberalization that has swept through both developed and developing economies. Neither should we ignore changes in transport technologies. For many commentators though, FDI has been regarded as the main -albeit not the sole--mechanism for the international expansion of MNEs.The Social Effects of Foreign Domestic Investment on Multinational Companies and Domestic Firms compares and contrasts wages, working conditions and industrial relations processes in multinational and domestic companies. Very little academic study has hitherto been devoted to the differences that may or may not exist between the wages and conditions that MNEs routinely offer compared to those of domestic companies with whom they compete. The analysis covers five sectors of the economy and 13 EU countries. This book is an effort to map the social effects of FDI in a number of EU member states, in relation to the prevailing patterns of internationalization. The need to examine critically the labour market and industrial relations aspects of recent waves of FDI is both timely and compelling.

Solidarity Forever? - Race, Gender, and Unionism in the Ports of Southern California (Hardcover): Jake Alimahomed-Wilson Solidarity Forever? - Race, Gender, and Unionism in the Ports of Southern California (Hardcover)
Jake Alimahomed-Wilson
R3,516 R2,478 Discovery Miles 24 780 Save R1,038 (30%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) remains one of the best examples of a labor union that traces its origins to radical anti-racist principles. Today, very few mainstream unions remain that were founded on militant, radical, and "anti-racist" principles. The ILWU remains the strongest port union in the United States, and its members are among the highest paid blue-collar union workers in the world. Drawing on in-depth interviews, archival oral histories research, and ethnographic observation, Solidarity Forever? highlights the struggle of a key group of Black and women leaders who fought for racial and gender equality in the ports of Southern California. The book argues that institutional and cultural forms of racial and gender inequality are embedded within US trade union locals leading to the following deleterious consequences for unions: (1) a proliferation of internal discrimination lawsuits within unions, which can cost the union International, or union local, potentially millions of dollars in legal fees and financial settlements thereby redistributing precious financial resources that could be spent on key activities related to making unions stronger from outside attacks; (2) an erosion of trust and solidarity among workers, the key values of any successful union, which ultimately undermines the radical democratic potential of unions and rank-and-file participation in union politics; and (3) the undermining of workers of color and women workers as full and equal participants in the labor movement. The future of organized labor in the United States could very well be determined by the ability of the labor movement, and labor unions in particular, to listen to those workers who have been relegated to the margins of the global economy-workers of color, immigrant workers, women workers, and all workers in the Global South.

The Port of Missing Men - Billy Gohl, Labor, and Brutal Times in the Pacific Northwest (Paperback): Aaron Goings The Port of Missing Men - Billy Gohl, Labor, and Brutal Times in the Pacific Northwest (Paperback)
Aaron Goings
R517 Discovery Miles 5 170 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In the early twentieth century so many dead bodies surfaced in the rivers around Aberdeen, Washington, that they were nicknamed the "floater fleet." When Billy Gohl (1873-1927), a powerful union official, was arrested for murder, local newspapers were quick to suggest that he was responsible for many of those deaths, perhaps even dozens-thus launching the legend of the Ghoul of Grays Harbor. More than a true-crime tale, The Port of Missing Men sheds light on the lives of workers who died tragically, illuminating the dehumanizing treatment of sailors and lumber workers and the heated clashes between pro- and anti-union forces. Goings investigates the creation of the myth, exploring how so many people were willing to believe such extraordinary stories about Gohl. He shares the story of a charismatic labor leader-the one man who could shut down the highly profitable Grays Harbor lumber trade-and provides an equally intriguing analysis of the human costs of the Pacific Northwest's early extraction economy.

The (Re)Making of the Chinese Working Class - Labor Activism and Passivity in China (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021): Elly Leung The (Re)Making of the Chinese Working Class - Labor Activism and Passivity in China (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
Elly Leung
R3,601 Discovery Miles 36 010 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book engages with Foucault's theoretical works to understand the (re-) making of the working-class in China. In so doing, the author applies Foucault's genealogical (historicalization) method to explore the ways the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) develop Chinese governmentality (or government of mentalities) among everyday workers in its thought management system. Through the investigation of the key events in Chinese history, she presents how China's stable political party is sustained through the CCP's ability to retain, update and incorporate many Confucian discourses into its contemporary form of thought management system using social networks, such as families and schools, to continuously (re-) shape workers' consciousness into one that maintains their docility. This book will bring a new voice to the debate of Chinese working-class politics and labour movements. It will serve as a gateway to comprehensive knowledge about China for students and academics with interests in Chinese employment relations, Chinese politics, labourist activist culture, and social movements.

Changes in Working Time (Routledge Revivals) - An International Review (Paperback): Paul Blyton Changes in Working Time (Routledge Revivals) - An International Review (Paperback)
Paul Blyton
R1,603 Discovery Miles 16 030 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

First published in 1985, this book examines the major components of working time from an international perspective, considering the individual aspects of working time, with particular emphasis on the argument that work should be shared to alleviate unemployment and the case for further increasing the flexibility and choice in working arrangements. Paul Blyton reviews working time since the Industrial Revolution, when a strict time-frame was first imposed on workers, and the growth in work-sharing, flexitime, part-time working and changes to the retirement age.

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