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“Work Place Discipline” and its influence on nineteenth century English society
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"Work Place Discipline" and its influence on nineteenth century English society "Hickory dickory dock, The mouse ran up the clock, The clock struck one, The mouse ran down, Hickory dickory dock. (Children's nursery rhyme. Anon.) The Industrial Revolution, it could be said, was responsible for the beginning of the notion that "Time is money". Not only were there massive changes in the means of production, but also in the working lives of most of society. Not least of these was the transformation of working practices from agricultural and cottage industry to full scale factory systems with their need for "workplace discipline". In this essay I intend to take a brief look at the background to the Industrial Revolution, the need for change and how a workforce was created and disciplined for both the factory system and the domestic system. I will then go on to discuss how these changes influenced society and the effect they had...
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