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    Knights and Willmott (1990) provide an overview of the history and development of labour process theory. They discuss Marx's foundational work on capital and the dynamics of capitalist development. Braverman's influential work on deskilling and the degradation of work under monopoly capital is examined. The article also critiques Braverman and considers contributions that advanced the debate from others like Littler, Thompson, and Edwards. Knights and Willmott conclude that the world is too complex for any single theory, and theories should be evaluated based on their emancipatory potential rather than claiming to capture all of social reality.

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    Knights and Willmott (1990) provide an overview of the history and development of labour process theory. They discuss Marx's foundational work on capital and the dynamics of capitalist development. Braverman's influential work on deskilling and the degradation of work under monopoly capital is examined. The article also critiques Braverman and considers contributions that advanced the debate from others like Littler, Thompson, and Edwards. Knights and Willmott conclude that the world is too complex for any single theory, and theories should be evaluated based on their emancipatory potential rather than claiming to capture all of social reality.

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    Knights and Willmott (1990) provide an overview of the history and development of labour process theory. They discuss Marx's foundational work on capital and the dynamics of capitalist development. Braverman's influential work on deskilling and the degradation of work under monopoly capital is examined. The article also critiques Braverman and considers contributions that advanced the debate from others like Littler, Thompson, and Edwards. Knights and Willmott conclude that the world is too complex for any single theory, and theories should be evaluated based on their emancipatory potential rather than claiming to capture all of social reality.

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    Labour Process Theory

    Knights and Willmott (1990)

    Present by: Chew Yang


    Kang Kai
    Presentation Outline
    • Authors’ Background
    • Contents Of Article
    • Conclusion

    Labour Process Theory - Knights and Willmott (1990)


    Authors’ Background
    David Knights

    David Knights is Professor Organisational Analysis and Head of the


    School of Management at Keele University. In 1994 he founded and
    managed a Financial Services Research Forum of 26 leading
    corporations to fund strategic research at 50K per annum. He still
    helps run this research activity at the University of Nottingham
    Business School where he was briefly prior to coming to Keele. He
    has supervised over 30 externally funded research grants to the
    value of around million and currently is involved in 5 ESRC funded
    projects on Bank Fraud, Business Reengineering, Innovation,
    Education, and Virtual Markets.

    Labour Process Theory - Knights and Willmott (1990)


    Authors’ Background
    Hugh Willmott

    Professor Willmott is currently a member of the editorial


    boards of Academy of Management Review, Journal of
    Management Studies and Organization Studies. In the
    past he has been the Associate Editor of Gender, Work
    and Organization, as well as a member of the editorial
    boards of Accounting, Organizations and Society and
    Administrative Science Quarterly. Professor Willmott was
    a founding member of the journals Accounting, Auditing
    and Accountability Journal, Advances in Public Interest
    Accounting, Critical Perspectives in Accounting and
    Organization.
    Labour Process Theory - Knights and Willmott (1990)
    Contents Of Article
    • Overview of the history of labour process
    theory
    • Critical moments of the development of
    labour process theory
    • Other contribution to a continuing debate.

    Labour Process Theory - Knights and Willmott (1990)


    Foundations Of Labour-process
    Analysis
    • Capital (1976) - Marx
    • Labour Power and Wage Labour
    • Dynamics of Capitalist Development

    Labour Process Theory - Knights and Willmott (1990)


    Labour In The Era Of Monopoly
    Capital
    • Labor and Monopoly Capital – Braverman
    • Primary focus – degradation of work
    • Two other related elements
    – An outline of developments in the wider
    organisation of ‘monopoly capitalist’ societies.
    – An examination of changes in their
    occupational and class structures.

    Labour Process Theory - Knights and Willmott (1990)


    Critiques Of Braverman
    • Deskilling
    • Management strategy
    • The full circuit of capital
    • The ontology of class relations

    Labour Process Theory - Knights and Willmott (1990)


    Advancing The Debate
    • Craig Littler
    • Paul Thompson
    • Paul Edwards
    • Mark Wardell

    Labour Process Theory - Knights and Willmott (1990)


    Conclusion
    Three perspectives of labor process theory on capitalist
    labour theory

    • The world is too complex to be captured adequately by


    any one theory.

    • Assumes that there is one fundamental key to


    understand the nature and dynamics of social reality.

    • The belief that the value of any theory resides in its


    emancipatory potential.

    Labour Process Theory - Knights and Willmott (1990)

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