Hired hands : labour and the development of prairie agriculture, 1880-1930 / / Cecilia Danysk

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910787501403321
• Autore: Danysk Cecilia
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2014; ©1995
• ISBN: 1-4426-5990-4; 1-4426-5531-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (234 p.)
• Collana: Canadian Social History Series
• Disciplina: 331.763
• Soggetti: Agricultural laborers - Prairie Provinces - History; Agriculture - Prairie Provinces - History; Prairie Provinces
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Preface -- Introduction -- Labour-capital relations in Prairie agriculture -- Beginnings, 1870s-1900 -- Expansion, 1900-1918 -- Consolidation, 1918-1930 -- Appendix.
• Sommario/riassunto: Farm workers were central to the development of Canada's prairie West. From 1878, when the first shipment of prairie grain went to international markets, to 1929, when the Great Depression signalled the end of the wheat boom, the role of hired hands changed dramatically. Prior to World War One, hired hands viewed themselves and were treated in the rural community as equals to their farmer employers. Many were farmers in training, informal apprentices who worked for wages so they could accumulate the capital and experience needed to secure their own free 160-acre parcels of land. In later years, as free lands were taken, hired hands increasingly faced the hkehhood of remaining waged labourers on the farms of others. They became agricultural proletarians.In this first full-length study of labour in Canadian prairie agriculture during the period of settlement and expansion, Cecilia Danysk examines the changing work and the growing rural community of the West through the eyes of the workers ; themselves. World War One was a catalyst in bringing into focus the conflicting nature of labour-capital relations and the divergent aims of workers and their employers. Yet, attempts at union organization were unsuccessful because most hired hands worked alone and because governments assisted farmers by stifling such attempts. The workers' greatest form of workplace control was to walk off one job and find another.Previously published by McClelland & Stewart.

A practical guide to government management / / Vince Meconi

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910797040503321
• Autore: Meconi Vince
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Lanham, Maryland : , : Bernan Press, , 2015; ©2015
• ISBN: 1-59888-753-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (319 p.)
• Disciplina: 351
• Soggetti: Government executives
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents -- Introduction -- Notes -- Part I: You: Managing Yourself -- 1 Self-Management -- Introduction -- Your Time -- Keeping Lists -- Meetings -- Using Your Immediate Staff -- Miscellaneous -- Notes -- 2 Leadership -- Introduction -- Setting the Tone -- Your Leadership Style -- Coaching Your Team -- Dealing With Adversity -- Notes -- 3 Ethics -- Notes -- Part II: Your Organization: Managing Internally -- 4 People -- Introduction -- Whom to Hire -- How to Manage Your Employees -- Your Leadership Team -- Problem Employees -- Making Your Organization's Culture Managerial -- Managing Change in a Bureaucracy -- Notes -- 5 Prioritization -- Notes -- 6 Money -- Introduction -- The Budget Game -- Cutback Management -- Notes -- 7 Making Decisions and Solving Problems -- Introduction -- Making Decisions -- Solving Problems -- Negotiations -- Crisis Management -- Notes -- 8 Gaining Control of Your Organization -- Introduction -- Control - What it is and Who ; Needs to Know -- Assessing Your Organization -- Gaining Control of Your Personnel -- Gaining Control of Your Agenda -- Notes -- Part III: Your Environment: Managing Externally -- 9 Working for Elected Officials -- Introduction -- Taking and Leaving the Position -- Understanding the Boss -- Elected Officials and Management -- Helping Them Do Their Jobs -- The Executive Office Staff -- Telling Them No -- Notes -- 10 The Legislative Branch of Government -- Introduction -- Legislative Culture -- Legislative Relations -- What Legislators Want From You -- Legislative Hearings -- Legislative Strategy -- Notes -- 11 The Media -- Introduction -- A Different Value System -- Understanding the Media -- Media Strategy -- Notes -- 12 . . . And More -- Interest Groups -- Agencies That Should Always Help You-And Sometimes Do -- Privatization, Vendors, and Contracts -- Lawsuits -- A Few Last Random Thoughts -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations -- References.
• Sommario/riassunto: A Practical Guide to Government Management provides a comprehensive yet one-volume work on high-level government management and can be described as a management book, reference book, and textbook all in one. It is geared towards any upper level government manager, public administration student, or anyone interested in public sector management.