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- Includes bibliographical references
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- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 383/.4971
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 19
- General Note
- On cover: A case study of industrial society in crisis, 1965-1980 Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
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- 0886290813 9780773584051
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- HE6655
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- R45 1988eb
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- 1 electronic text (ix, 201 p.)
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- Canada
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- (CaBNVSL)slc00230092 (OCoLC)767671206 (CaOOCEL)435965
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Table of Contents
- Cover 1
- Contents 8
- Acknowledgements 10
- PART 1: INTRODUCTION 12
- Chapter 1: A Preliminary Word to the Intelligent Citizen 14
- Chapter 2: An Introduction to the Postal Problem 18
- PART 2: AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS 28
- Chapter 3: The Economic Performance of Canada Post 30
- 3.1 A Preview 30
- 3.2 Output, Input, and Productivity in Canada Post 31
- 3.3 Productivity and Real Wage Rates in the Post Office 39
- 3.4 Canada Post and Its Links with the Canadian Economy 42
- 3.5 An Unflattering Comparison: the U.S. Postal Service 50
- 3.6 What Happened to Canada Post's Technological Revolution? 54
- PART 3: THE CRISIS IN MOTIVATION 58
- Chapter 4: The Depressed, Confused State of Motivation in Canada Post 60
- 4.1 Peter Taylor's "Working in the Post Office" 60
- 4.2 Roger Bouvier's "Supervising in the Post Office" 62
- Chapter 5: A General Hypothesis Concerning Human Motivation 66
- Chapter 6: Contemporary Developments Affecting Motivation in Canada Post 80
- 6.1 The Advance of Affluence and Apathy 80
- 6.2 The Spread of Agency-Insufficiency and Alienation 82
- 6.3 The Youth Movement and the Thrust Toward Unconditional Freedom 85
- 6.4 Unionization, the Public Service Staff Relations Act, and the Problems of an Adversarial Attitude 87
- 6.5 Unionization and the Problems of an Antipathetic Attitude 95
- 6.6 The Elixir of Immortality: Monopoly and Government Ownership 100
- Chapter 7: The Impact of the Marxian Ethic 102
- 7.1 A Preview 102
- 7.2 The Interplay of Ethics in the Contemporary World 103
- 7.3 An Evaluation of the Marxian Science/ Ethic 109
- 7.4 The Disproportionate Impact of a Committed Minority 122
- Chapter 8: The Impact of the Québécois Ethic 128
- 8.1 The Québécois Ethic: Three Versions 128
- 8.2 1965-1968: The 1965 Postal Strike and Its Aftermath 130
- 8.3 1968-1971: "Moderate" Québécois Leadership 133
- 8.4 1971-1974: The Challenge to Moderation by Radical Québécois 137
- 8.5 1974-1981: Steadfast CUPW Radicalism 140
- 8.6 Political Expediency versus Legal Rectitude 145
- PART 4: CONCLUSIONS 148
- Chapter 9: A Proposal 150
- 9.1 Counts Against the System 150
- 9.2 A Proposal 153
- Chapter 10: A Concluding Word to the Intelligent Citizen 160
- Appendix A: The Concept and Measurement of Productivity 172
- Appendix B: Human Beings: Creative Agents or Conforming Objects? 186
- B.1 Creative Agents or Conforming Objects? 186
- B.2 Creativity at the Imaginal Level 188
- B.3 Creativity at the Perceptual Level 191
- B.4 Creativity at the Communal Level 203
- B.5 Creativity at the Spiritual Level 207