This is the fifth in a series of posts on The Archetypes of Human Work,…
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This is the fourth in a series of posts on The Archetypes of Human Work,…
This is the third in a series of posts on The Archetypes of Human Work,…
This is the second in a series of posts on The Archetypes of Human Work, which are based on the interactions or relationships between The Varieties of Human Work.
In my last post, I outlined some thoughts on four varieties of human work: work-as-imagined, work-as-prescribed, work-as-disclosed and work-as-done. As with most things, what is most interesting about these varieties concerns their relationships and interactins. In this post, I outline seven such ‘archetypes of human work’ based on these relationships.
The analysis of work cannot be limited to work as prescribed in procedures etc (le travail prescrit), nor to the observation of work actually done (le travail réalisé). Similarly, it cannot be limited to work as we imagine it, nor work as people talk about it. Only by considering all four of these varieties of human work can we hope to understand what’s going on.
