Re: Organizational change (fwd)

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From: Daniel Ritsma
Date: Mon, 20 Jun 1994 00:41

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Dale Worley comments that much of the "fear" that people talk about could be
eliminated if people *expected* to change employment frequently, thus
opening up communication with management.

1:I don't think workers fear *changing* employment so much as being put
off and not finding other employment.The fear is one of unemployment
rather than change.Unemployment is a very real fear for many as
advances in technology permit society to produce more with less yet does
not ration out available work.For example, my son works 15 hour days
and some weekends during peak periods, and this in a society with a 15%
unemployment rate.The *fear* of unemployment is particularly strong
among older (middle-aged) workers who find themselves restructured out of
a job after many years of "faithful" service.

The idea of job change assumes that there are jobs out there to be had
"if only they could be bothered to look".Such a viewpoint overlooks the
structural nature of unemployment in a capitalist society.It benefits
the corporations while blaming the victims.

2:How does frequent change of jobs help "open communications".  This
connection is not obvious to me.

Beverley

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