Talk and text in the organisation of production : perspectives of a "new capitalist" workplace in Cape Town

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dc.contributor.advisorPrinsloo, Mastinen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorScholtz, Selwynen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-01T11:40:10Z
dc.date.available2014-10-01T11:40:10Z
dc.date.issued2001en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis thesis is a study of the literacy practices that characterise the communicative and productive processes at an automotive product manufacturing plant in Cape Town, South Africa. This shock absorber factory is consciously structured as a ""new workplace"" where the focus in productio is on ""flexible specializatio"" that allows quick shifts to be made between product lines where the focus in the social relations of work is on devolution of responsibility to individual employees and sells as organizational units of labour, interchangeable tasks and enlarged scope for workers to participate in decision making.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationScholtz, S. (2001). <i>Talk and text in the organisation of production : perspectives of a "new capitalist" workplace in Cape Town</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,School of Education. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7900en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationScholtz, Selwyn. <i>"Talk and text in the organisation of production : perspectives of a "new capitalist" workplace in Cape Town."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,School of Education, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7900en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationScholtz, S. 2001. Talk and text in the organisation of production : perspectives of a "new capitalist" workplace in Cape Town. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Scholtz, Selwyn AB - This thesis is a study of the literacy practices that characterise the communicative and productive processes at an automotive product manufacturing plant in Cape Town, South Africa. This shock absorber factory is consciously structured as a ""new workplace"" where the focus in productio is on ""flexible specializatio"" that allows quick shifts to be made between product lines where the focus in the social relations of work is on devolution of responsibility to individual employees and sells as organizational units of labour, interchangeable tasks and enlarged scope for workers to participate in decision making. DA - 2001 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2001 T1 - Talk and text in the organisation of production : perspectives of a "new capitalist" workplace in Cape Town TI - Talk and text in the organisation of production : perspectives of a "new capitalist" workplace in Cape Town UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7900 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/7900
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationScholtz S. Talk and text in the organisation of production : perspectives of a "new capitalist" workplace in Cape Town. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,School of Education, 2001 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7900en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentSchool of Educationen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherEducationen_ZA
dc.titleTalk and text in the organisation of production : perspectives of a "new capitalist" workplace in Cape Townen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMPhilen_ZA
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