Notes on Richard Sennet and the New Capitalism

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Dr Maurice Mullard
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Baking Classical skills craftsmen involved in
the ballet of baking bread mixing smell of
yeast taking responsibility
Greek Community Us and them
Racism towards Black community
Sense of community Greek community
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Machinery did the mixing
Machiery did the baking
Workers as machine watchers
High leels of wastage
No sense of beloning
High turnover of labour
Copnay concern with profitability
Divorce of ownership and control
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Part of a multi national
Computerised baking
Fluid workforce
Different ethnic back grounds
Less Racism
No idenity with work
Short term
Deskilled
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Fragmentation of class
Workers see job as means to an end
Fluid
Individualised experience rather than the
collective
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Chief Executive CEO of multinational main
concern performance as related to equity and
sahre value concern is short term profitability
of the company also share holders buy and
sell shares
No longer ownership and control by one
person Ceo and share holders
Workers far removed from their product
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Quick food already pre packaged no skills in
cooking material arrives in frozen packages
TGI Friday
Wal Mart
Sales people do not understand product
Swipe machines
Lower wages
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