Post fordism - Study guides, Study notes & Summaries

Summary of the lectures of PPOS () of Tilburg University. It also includes many examples from the lectures. Every lecture summary includes a short summary of the paper that belongs to that lecture. This course was split up into two parts (1-6 and 7-13). After part 1 you can find practice questions about that part, and idem ditto after part 2.

Fordism; Post Fordism correct answerstypes of industrial structure Urban trends for Toronto correct answers- Continued explosive growth for five decades - Challenges of urban growth becoming evident (traffic in particular) - Shrinking housing opportunities for middle class (and poorer) - Immigration - Financial nerve centre for Canada Urban trends for NYC correct answers- Population loss followed by continued gains - Immigration and international investment - Shrinking housing op...

Postmodernism3 key questions of postmodernism - correct answer Are we in a new era? Do we need new theories to understand it? Is objective knowledge still possible? Modern society - correct answer Nation state with powerful institutions. Capitalist organized by a state Fordist principle and mass production. Changes to modern society - correct answer Growing interconnectedness, we now have a global culture that is fragmented. No longer a nation state Technological advancements and dev...

I have received a distinction for this exam 2021 examination Workplace forums as envisaged by the Labour Relations Act (Section A) And Transition from Fordism to Post-Fordism (Section B)

Wrote the Communist Manifesto. Spoke of a class struggle - Answer-Karl Marx A workplace characterized by low wages, lack of benefits, long hours, and poor working conditions. - Answer-Sweatshop An economy characterized by part-time, low paid, temporary positions. - Answer-Gig Economy The struggle between capitalist and worker - Answer-Class Struggle A document discussing class struggle - Answer-The Communist Manifesto Marx's term for the working classes. People who work so that capitalist...

time space compression - ANS The apparent compression of geographic space by faster means of transport and communication time space compression - ANS Space is "compressed" for some people but extended for others (uneven experience = power geometry) time space compression - ANS Train between London and Paris is faster than previous means of transportation between the cities but the price prevents others from using it. Easy to get from Calais to England but n...

CULTURAL STUDIES QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+ Matthew Arnold (1960) on culture described culture as the best that has been thought and said in the world. Here reading, observing and thinking were said to be the means towards moral perfection and social good. His aesthetic and political arguments are a justification for 'high culture'. Leavivism (culture with a capital C) Shares with Arnold that culure is the high point of civilization and the concern of an educated minority ...

Social media is an excellent tool for usage in the tourism and hospitality industry, but there are also many drawbacks. Which of the following is not true of social media in the tourism and hospitality industry? - Negative comments are generally seen in equal light when compared with positive comments Due to globalization and the opportunities afforded to tourists, there has been a push towards more individualized, personalized travel. Which of the following concepts best explains this shi...

The transition from Fordism to post-Fordism in the world of work. 80%

What is theory (a looking, viewing or beholding (NOT creating, making or doing) an explanation) a building is not a theory Theory Proposed explanation of empirical phenomena, made in a way consistent with the scientific method Theory proposed explanation of empirical phenomena Ontology the study of the nature of being or reality Epistomology the study of knowledge Positive Theory Descriptive - assertions about reality Not unbiased Positive Thory ...