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NAME: JIAO XUE SY1910 WORK, ORGANIZATION & SOCIETY ESSAY QUESTION 5 It has been argued that the way in which work is structured and organised has changed over the last several decades. Hence, the type of labour process and mode of economic growth varied in accordance with this argument. As some sociologists and economists observe, the so-called Fordist way of organising work, whose principles tend to apply most extensively to conditions such as mass production and mass consumptions, has declined its effectiveness in terms of economic growth. The characteristics of modern industrial society and organizations, according to some neo-Fordists view, are shifting towards to a new pattern that is clearly differentiated from the classic Fordist industrial structure: the post-Fordism. The term post-Fordism can be defined as: "A pattern of industrial organisation and employment policy in which skilled and trusted labour is used continuously to develop and customise products for small markets" (Watson,...

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