> So I am trying to make this linkage, redefining sustainability in
> the context of work practice.
good luck!...
If you have some time, would you put it in a language I can
comprehend, prefebly English or Hungarian... thanks,
The one used in your quote must be "environspeak"
where "sustainability" represents the status what "paradigm"
enjoys in philosophy...
Eva (I've got a BA and a BSc, I am not stupid, honest!)
> My thoughts are that the concepts of sustainability may also be able to be
> applied to the individual in relation to the organization/social
> environment.
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> I am looking specifically in my research of knowledge based
> industries (hightech ie. multimedia /software developers) as the context
> of work practice.
>
> 'Sustainable work futures' is a possible framework that guides the
> individual relationships to society through the activities and meaning of
> work. In a period of radical social, economic, cultural and political
> transforation and ambiguity social cultural relations are bieng redefined
> on a global scale. These new social/cultural contexts suggest that a
> shift in power relations is occurring in the new economy based on,
> access to and possession of knowledge and information via new
> communications.
>
> The transition between fordist production processes to
> post fordism suggests a space of opportunity to redefine work based upon
> an ideology of sustainability. The individual is situated in a social
> system within the context of work where components of sustainability are
> related to meaning, health, individuality, learning, freedom and
> flexibility in the organizaiton and direction of work.
>
> Paul Hawken: "Principles of sustainaiblity in business & work"
> suggests that working sustainably is the performance of tasks and services
> that are sustainably produced or that promote sustainability in the
> society as a whole.
>
> He suggests that sustainability is the carrying capacity of the
> ecosystem - (an organization or society), described with input/output
> models of energy and resource consumption. An economic state where
> demands placed upon the environment(social,physical)can be met without
> reducing the capacity of the environment to provide for future
> generations. Aspects of adding value, sense of will, a direction or
> meaning, production processes that are human, worthy, dignified and
> intrinsicaly satisfying. Growth is managed with moderate amounts of
> outside capital. Determining codes of conduct for corporate life that
> integrate social, ethical and environmental principles.
>
> So I am trying to make this linkage, redefining sustainability in the
> context of work practice.
>
> Deborah :)
>
> Sat, 23 Jan 1999 17:28:34 GMT
> Durant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
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> How any of the below is linked to sustainability??
> I thought you mean work that uses mostly sustainable
> resourses... as most jobs are superfluous in the
> "developed" countries, loads of them belong here...
> I'd think the proportion is worse for
> underdeveloped countries.
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> Eva (puzzled as ever)
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