Author: Luke Dormehl
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2012-08-02
Total Pages: 546
ISBN-13: 1448131367
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →On 26 May, 2010 Apple Inc. passed Microsoft in valuation as the world's largest technology company. Its consumer electronic products - ranging from computers to mobile phones to portable media devices, not to mention its iTunes, iBook and App Store - have influenced nearly every facet of our lives, and it shows no sign of slowing down. But how did Apple - a company set up in the back room of a house by two friends, and one that always marketed itself as the underdog - become the marketplace leader (and the world's second largest company overall), and is it a good thing to have one company hold so much power? In The Apple Revolution Luke Dormehl shares the inside story of how Apple Inc. came to be; from the formation of the company's philosophies and user-friendly ethos, to the "iPod moment" and global domination, leaving you with a deep understanding of how it was created, why it has flourished, and where it might be going next.
Author: David Graeber
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2019-05-07
Total Pages: 368
ISBN-13: 1501143336
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →From bestselling writer David Graeber—“a master of opening up thought and stimulating debate” (Slate)—a powerful argument against the rise of meaningless, unfulfilling jobs…and their consequences. Does your job make a meaningful contribution to the world? In the spring of 2013, David Graeber asked this question in a playful, provocative essay titled “On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs.” It went viral. After one million online views in seventeen different languages, people all over the world are still debating the answer. There are hordes of people—HR consultants, communication coordinators, telemarketing researchers, corporate lawyers—whose jobs are useless, and, tragically, they know it. These people are caught in bullshit jobs. Graeber explores one of society’s most vexing and deeply felt concerns, indicting among other villains a particular strain of finance capitalism that betrays ideals shared by thinkers ranging from Keynes to Lincoln. “Clever and charismatic” (The New Yorker), Bullshit Jobs gives individuals, corporations, and societies permission to undergo a shift in values, placing creative and caring work at the center of our culture. This book is for everyone who wants to turn their vocation back into an avocation and “a thought-provoking examination of our working lives” (Financial Times).
Author: R. Jean Haurin
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press
Published: 1982
Total Pages: 270
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Employment Revolution reports on data taken from the National Longitudinal Surveys, which followed a nationally representative sample of 5,000 females who were 14-24 years of age in 1968 over the course of the ensuing decade.
Author: Eva Paus
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2018-06-15
Total Pages: 307
ISBN-13: 1501719866
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"Assesses economic and political impacts of the worldwide revolution in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and robotics and proposes policies to benefit jobs, working conditions, and incomes in the Global North and the Global South"--
Author: Joyce Lain Kennedy
Publisher:
Published: 1995-05-08
Total Pages: 280
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A successful author and leading career columnist provides superlative information regarding opportunities offered by electronic job ads, various employment-related online databases and informal bulletin boards available on the Internet. Identifies commercial and nonprofit services that post help-wanted ads. Contains excellent tips on analyzing technical and personal skills and how to use them in searching for appropriate job matches. Features the experiences of approximately 50 individuals in an outplacement center with online job searching. Includes a brief overview of Internet etiquette.
Author: Paul Dickson
Publisher:
Published: 1975
Total Pages: 378
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Recent job environments recreated and studied in this book involve the blue-collar and the assembly-line worker. Delineates new and more humane ways of achieving productivity.
Author: Peter Hartz
Publisher:
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 175
ISBN-13: 9783898430760
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Leon Gray
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group
Published: 2013-12-30
Total Pages: 50
ISBN-13: 1482465256
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Industrial Revolution brought about great changes, but this was a time before many labor laws, and many children had to work from sunup to sundown. The poor had to work as rat catchers and coal miners! Readers will take in important historical context as they learn all about these and other horrible jobs of the era. Sidebars and fact boxes add further detail, including the grotesque "secret" to softening animal hides for leather goods. Historical images and colorful illustrations draw readers deeper into the harsh reality of a pivotal era full of terrible working conditions.
Author: Judson Gooding
Publisher:
Published: 1972
Total Pages: 213
ISBN-13: 9780802703835
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