| Description |
xiii, 609 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm |
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regular print |
| Series |
Miegunyah Press series |
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Miegunyah Press series. Series 2 ; no. 142
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| Contents |
Pt. I. The story of the office -- 1. Paperwork kings, engines of the state : the birth of the office -- 2. The red-tape talking machine : the cultural identification of the office -- 3. The tall office building universally considered : the scale revolution -- 4. Pen-drivers and accusing presences : the drive for office efficiency -- 5. The pyramid builders : the origins of modern management -- 6. The shrilling call : the feminisation of the office -- 7. 'The crowning glory of everyone's work' : the rise and fall of the international style -- 8. From corporate warrior to large garbage : the rise, fall, rise and fall of the salaryman -- 9. The push-button office : from air conditioning to personal computing -- 10. 'So, office workers of America, beware!' : the rise of the cubicle and the ascendancy of email -- Pt. II. The life of the office -- 11. From A to B and back again : the getting and getting to of office work -- 12. Looping in and touching base : communication in the office -- 13. The living office : emotion and instinct in the office -- 14. Preferring not to : the world of non-work -- 15. The momentous, uneventful day : the satisfactions of office work -- 16. Love for sale : sex, romance and the office -- 17. The room at the top : bosses and their offices -- 18. The glass office : discrimination in the workplace -- 19. The dark office : the office of oppression, hatred and violence -- 20. Goodbyes and good riddances : the story of office endings |
| Summary |
The office: for many of us, it's where we spend more time and expend greater effort than anywhere else. Yet how many of us have stopped to think about why? In The Office: A Hardworking History, Gideon Haigh traces its origins from merchants and monks to the gleaming glass towers of New York. A lively social and cultural history blending its birth, growth and emergence as a means of organising a company, an institution or a bureaucracy to the place in which most of us spend more time than any other |
| Analysis |
Australian |
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Humour |
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Interpersonal relations |
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Management style |
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Office politics |
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Social impact |
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White collar workers |
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Working environment |
| Notes |
Erratum slip inserted |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 578-599) and index |
| Notes |
NSW Premier's Literary Award, Douglas Stewart Prize: Winner (2013) |
| Subject |
Office management.
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Office politics -- Humor.
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White collar workers -- History.
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Work environment -- Social aspects -- History.
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Work -- Psychological aspects -- History.
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| ISBN |
9780522855562 (paperback) |
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