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SOC 366

People in Industry

3 units

Winter 2025

Topics

  • Course introduction and Historical perspectives
  • on Work
  • Contemporary Debates on Work
  • Canadian Employment Trends
  • Good Jobs, Bad Jobs, No Jobs
  • Labour markets
  • Youth in the labour market
  • Gender and Paid Labour
  • Organizing and managing work
  • New managerial paradigms
  • Unions
  • Job Satisfaction, Alienation and Stress & Conclusion

Readings

  • Krahn, Harvey J., Karen Hughes, and Graham S. Lowe. Work, Industry, and Canadian Society. 8 edition. Top Hat, 2020
    unspecified
Fall 2024

Topics

  • Explain sociological analysis of work and the economic forces that shape work opportunities
  • Apply theoretical perspectives in the explanations, analysis and understanding of sociology of work and industry
  • Gain practical insights that will assist students in their own career
  • Apply social science perspective in problem-solving
  • Appreciate the enduring and changing nature of work and industry

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