Life and Work Challenging Economic Man

To get soaring profits we need to work longer and harder. Right? Wrong. With an original look at the lives of employees, managers, executives and CEO's, the authors propose a new agenda for a work/life balance, stressing that if you get relationships with employees and customers right profits follow as a matter of course.

Charles Birch is Emeritus Professor of the University of Sydney.

Foreword

ix

Preface

xi

Acknowledgments

xiii

PART 1: QUALITY OF LIFE

1

(48)

Work to live

3

(14)

Profits, people, planet

5

(4)

People matter

9

(3)

Why is quality of life so important?

12

(5)

Fully human

17

(26)

Human needs

18

(2)

The work ethic

20

(4)

Wealth and quality of life

24

(1)

Happiness and quality of life

25

(1)

Profits and quality of life

25

(1)

Health and quality of life

26

(1)

Technology and quality of life

27

(2)

Organisations and quality of life

29

(2)

Why promote quality of life of employees?

31

(1)

How should we live?

32

(4)

Quality of life and the modern society

36

(2)

The organisation as part of civil society

38

(5)

The wealth of nations

43

(6)

Measuring the quality of life of the nation

43

(1)

Index of sustainable economic welfare

44

(1)

Human well-being index

44

(2)

Economic growth and the quality of life index

46

(3)

PART 2: QUALITY OF WORKING LIFE

49

(58)

Hours of work, intensity of work and remuneration

51

(14)

Australia as a trail-blazer

51

(1)

Choosing to work long hours

52

(1)

Fair rates of pay

53

(1)

Working hours in Australia in recent times

54

(3)

Working hours elsewhere in the world

57

(4)

Shortening the working week

61

(4)

Striking a balance

65

(16)

Impact of work on family and relationships

65

(2)

Balancing life between work and home

67

(5)

A generational change in attitudes to life and work

72

(4)

Inequality for women in Western countries

76

(3)

Inequality for women in Islamic countries

79

(1)

Professional obligation

79

(2)

Hazards

81

(10)

The annual toll

82

(1)

Illness, injury and deaths

83

(2)

Low-frequency/high-severity accidents

85

(2)

Occupational violence

87

(1)

Improving occupational health and safety

88

(3)

Stress

91

(16)

A world picture

91

(2)

Police

93

(1)

Government office employees

94

(1)

Auto-workers

94

(1)

School teachers

95

(2)

Staff in universities

97

(1)

Clergy

98

(2)

Journalists

100

(2)

Symptoms of stress

102

(1)

Downsizing and stress

102

(2)

Long working hours and stress

104

(2)

The financial cost of stress

106

(1)

PART 3: LEARNING TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF WORKING LIFE ACROSS NATIONS

107

(72)

Rights

109

(18)

Corporations and human rights

110

(1)

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

111

(3)

Human rights and cultural practices

114

(1)

Workers' rights

115

(6)

Racism and human rights in the workplace

121

(2)

Rights of women and children in the workplace

123

(1)

Human rights of particular minorities

123

(2)

Am I my brother's keeper?

125

(2)

On human nature

127

(16)

Mechanistic man

129

(5)

Human beings in community

134

(2)

Our common humanity

136

(3)

Cultural change

139

(4)

Culture

143

(20)

A moral dilemma

143

(2)

Corporations and quality of life

145

(3)

The culture of organisations

148

(1)

Changing the culture

149

(2)

Organisational change that failed to deal with quality of life

151

(4)

Who are the best employers to work for?

155

(2)

Leadership

157

(3)

The relationship between organisational culture and quality of working life in Australia

160

(3)

Brave new world

163

(16)

Profits, meaning and efficiency

163

(2)

Enhancing the quality of life of employees

165

(1)

The learning organisation

165

(7)

A sense of place

172

(1)

Progress and retrogress

173

(3)

Ten core principles for increasing quality of life in the workplace

176

(2)

Conclusion

178

(1)

References

179

(10)

Index

189

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