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Work, labour and industrial society

Society and culture

Holds books on jobs and workplaces, the gig economy, employee ownership and co-operatives, factory and warehouse labour, and Peter Drucker's essays on industrial society.

52 books on Work, labour and industrial society, recommended by 8 people including Mohnish Pabrai and Patrick Collison.

52 books · 10 experts

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  1. The Organization ManWilliam H. Whyte, 1956
  2. Making MondragonWilliam Foote Whyte, Kathleen King Whyte, 1988
  3. Homestead: The Glory and Tragedy of an American Steel TownWilliam Serrin, 1992
  4. The Citizen's ShareJoseph R. Blasi, Richard B. Freeman, Douglas L. Kruse, 2013
  5. The Silo EffectGillian Tett, 2015

The best books on Work, labour and industrial society 52

The Organization ManThe Organization Man
T2 The Organization Man
William H. Whyte · 1956
What the corporation did to the people inside it, written at its peak.
Open Library
Making MondragonMaking Mondragon
T2 Making Mondragon
William Foote Whyte, Kathleen King Whyte · 1988
The Basque cooperative group studied as an actual operating model.
Open Library
Homestead: The Glory and Tragedy of an AmeriHomestead: The Glory and Tragedy of an American Steel Town
T2 Homestead: The Glory and Tragedy of an American Steel Town
William Serrin · 1992
A century of the town Carnegie built and broke.
Open Library
The Citizen's ShareThe Citizen's Share
T2 The Citizen's Share
Joseph R. Blasi, Richard B. Freeman, Douglas L. Kruse · 2013
The long American history of profit-sharing and broad-based ownership.
Open Library
The Silo EffectThe Silo Effect
T2 The Silo Effect
Gillian Tett · 2015
How organisational silos hide risk; an anthropologist inside banks
Open Library
“Gillian Tett's new book the Silo Effect, a thoughtful discussion of the downside of narrow specialisation.”Seth Klarman
Recommended bySeth Klarman
The Tyranny of MetricsThe Tyranny of Metrics
T2 The Tyranny of Metrics
Jerry Z. Muller · 2018
Open Library
Ghost WorkGhost Work
T2 Ghost Work
Mary L. Gray, Siddharth Suri · 2019
The hidden on-demand labour that makes automated services work.
Open Library
Arriving TodayArriving Today
T2 Arriving Today
Christopher Mims · 2021
One item followed through the modern JIT supply chain end to end.
Open Library
FulfillmentFulfillment
T2 Fulfillment
Alec MacGillis · 2021
What Amazon did to American places; the cost side of the model.
Open Library
In the Company of OwnersIn the Company of Owners
T3 In the Company of Owners
Joseph R. Blasi, Douglas L. Kruse, Aaron Bernstein · 2003
Broad-based stock options and what they did to company performance.
Open Library
Equity: Why Employee Ownership Is Good for BEquity: Why Employee Ownership Is Good for Business
T3 Equity: Why Employee Ownership Is Good for Business
Corey Rosen, John Case, Martin Staubus · 2005
The NCEO's evidence on when shared ownership raises performance.
Open Library
Wal-Mart: The Face of Twenty-First-Century CWal-Mart: The Face of Twenty-First-Century Capitalism
T3 Wal-Mart: The Face of Twenty-First-Century Capitalism
Nelson Lichtenstein · 2006
Edited volume on the supply chain and logistics model.
Open Library
The Retail Revolution: How Wal-Mart Created The Retail Revolution: How Wal-Mart Created a Brave New World of Business
T3 The Retail Revolution: How Wal-Mart Created a Brave New World of Business
Nelson Lichtenstein · 2009
Labor historian on Walmart as a new template for capitalism.
Open Library
To Serve God and Wal-MartTo Serve God and Wal-Mart
T3 To Serve God and Wal-Mart
Bethany Moreton · 2009
How the company's culture and labour model were actually built.
Open Library
Humanizing the EconomyHumanizing the Economy
T3 Humanizing the Economy
John Restakis · 2010
The global co-operative sector and how member ownership works.
Open Library
Collective CourageCollective Courage
T3 Collective Courage
Jessica Gordon Nembhard · 2014
African American co-operative economics, a history largely written out.
Open Library
The Good Jobs StrategyThe Good Jobs Strategy
T3 The Good Jobs Strategy
Zeynep Ton · 2014
Why Costco, Trader Joe's and QuikTrip pay more and still undercut rivals.
Open Library
The Song of the ShirtThe Song of the Shirt
T3 The Song of the Shirt
Jeremy Seabrook · 2014
Dhaka's garment industry from Rana Plaza back through its supply chain.
Open Library
What's Yours Is Mine: Against the Sharing Ec
T3 What's Yours Is Mine: Against the Sharing Economy
Tom Slee · 2015
The critical case: platform power, housing supply and regulatory arbitrage.
Open Library
The Gig Economy
T3 The Gig Economy
Diane Mulcahy · 2016
The worker's-side manual; useful on how the platforms price labour.
Open Library
The Sharing Economy: The End of Employment aThe Sharing Economy: The End of Employment and the Rise of Crowd-Based Capitalism
T3 The Sharing Economy: The End of Employment and the Rise of Crowd-Based Capitalism
Arun Sundararajan · 2016
Economics of trust and matching that make marketplaces like Airbnb work.
Open Library
Everything for EveryoneEverything for Everyone
T3 Everything for Everyone
Nathan Schneider · 2018
Platform co-operativism and the revival of member ownership.
Open Library
GiggedGigged
T3 Gigged
Sarah Kessler · 2018
The gig-work model Uber's unit economics depend on.
Open Library
Humans as a ServiceHumans as a Service
T3 Humans as a Service
Jeremias Prassl · 2018
Legal analysis of classification, the model's load-bearing assumption.
Open Library
UberlandUberland
T3 Uberland
Alex Rosenblat · 2018
Field research on algorithmic management of drivers.
Open Library
Dying for an iPhoneDying for an iPhone
T3 Dying for an iPhone
Jenny Chan, Mark Selden, Pun Ngai · 2020
Foxconn from the inside; the labour cost of the contract model.
Open Library
The Future of Industrial ManThe Future of Industrial Man
T4 The Future of Industrial Man
Peter F. Drucker · 1942
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The New SocietyThe New Society
T4 The New Society
Peter F. Drucker · 1949
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America's Next Twenty YearsAmerica's Next Twenty Years
T4 America's Next Twenty Years
Peter F. Drucker · 1957
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Landmarks of TomorrowLandmarks of Tomorrow
T4 Landmarks of Tomorrow
Peter F. Drucker · 1957
Open Library
The Age of DiscontinuityThe Age of Discontinuity
T4 The Age of Discontinuity
Peter F. Drucker · 1969
OL records first publish year as 1966
Open Library
Recommended byPatrick Collison
Technology, Management and SocietyTechnology, Management and Society
T4 Technology, Management and Society
Peter F. Drucker · 1970
Open Library
Recommended byPatrick Collison
WorkingWorking
T4 Working
Studs Terkel · 1972
Open Library
Recommended byEv Williams
The Pension Fund RevolutionThe Pension Fund Revolution
T4 The Pension Fund Revolution
Peter F. Drucker · 1976
Published 1976 as The Unseen Revolution; retitled 1996
Open Library
Toward the Next Economics and Other EssaysToward the Next Economics and Other Essays
T4 Toward the Next Economics and Other Essays
Peter F. Drucker · 1981
Open Library
Moral MazesMoral Mazes
T4 Moral Mazes
Robert Jackall · 1988
Open Library
Recommended byPatrick Collison
The New RealitiesThe New Realities
T4 The New Realities
Peter F. Drucker · 1989
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Post-Capitalist SocietyPost-Capitalist Society
T4 Post-Capitalist Society
Peter F. Drucker · 1993
Open Library
The Ecological VisionThe Ecological Vision
T4 The Ecological Vision
Peter F. Drucker · 1993
Essay collection; not returned by the Open Library author query
Open Library
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in AmeNickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
T4 Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
Barbara Ehrenreich · 2001
Open Library
Recommended byMohnish Pabrai
A Functioning SocietyA Functioning Society
T4 A Functioning Society
Peter F. Drucker · 2003
Selections on community and society; not returned by the Open Library author query
Open Library
Selling Women Short: The Landmark Battle forSelling Women Short: The Landmark Battle for Workers' Rights at Wal-Mart
T4 Selling Women Short: The Landmark Battle for Workers' Rights at Wal-Mart
Liza Featherstone · 2004
The Dukes v. Wal-Mart sex discrimination litigation.
Open Library
The Pleasures and Sorrows of WorkThe Pleasures and Sorrows of Work
T4 The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work
Alain de Botton · 2009
Open Library
Recommended byAndrew Wilkinson
Turbulence: Boeing and the State of AmericanTurbulence: Boeing and the State of American Workers and Managers
T4 Turbulence: Boeing and the State of American Workers and Managers
Edward S. Greenberg, Leon Grunberg, Sarah Moore, Patricia B. Sikora · 2010
Longitudinal academic study of Boeing employees through restructuring.
Open Library
Punching Out: One Year in a Closing Auto PlaPunching Out: One Year in a Closing Auto Plant
T4 Punching Out: One Year in a Closing Auto Plant
Paul Clemens · 2011
Open Library
Recommended byMohnish Pabrai
The Shift: The Future of Work Is Already HerThe Shift: The Future of Work Is Already Here
T4 The Shift: The Future of Work Is Already Here
Lynda Gratton · 2011
Open Library
Recommended byMohnish Pabrai
Smart People Should Build ThingsSmart People Should Build Things
T4 Smart People Should Build Things
Andrew Yang · 2014
Open Library
Recommended byReid Hoffman
The Misfit EconomyThe Misfit Economy
T4 The Misfit Economy
Alexa Clay, Kyra Maya Phillips · 2015
Open Library
Recommended byJason Fried
The War on Normal PeopleThe War on Normal People
T4 The War on Normal People
Andrew Yang · 2018
Open Library
Recommended byNat Eliason
Hustle and Gig
T4 Hustle and Gig
Alexandrea J. Ravenelle · 2019
Sociology of platform work across Uber and peers.
Open Library
The Gervais Principle
T4 The Gervais Principle
Venkatesh Rao
unverified
Recommended byNat Eliason
The Nudist on the Late Shift
T4 The Nudist on the Late Shift
Po Bronson
unverified
Recommended byMohnish Pabrai

Experts 10

The people who wrote this page's books, and the people who recommend them.

Authors 2

Peter F. Druckerwrote 12 books hereGillian Tettwrote 1 book here

Recommenders 8

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Mohnish Pabrairecommends 4 books herePatrick Collisonrecommends 3 books here
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Nat Eliasonrecommends 2 books hereReid Hoffmanrecommends 1 book hereSeth Klarmanrecommends 1 book here
AW
Andrew Wilkinsonrecommends 1 book hereEv Williamsrecommends 1 book here
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Jason Friedrecommends 1 book here
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