The Sandwich Factory Factories turn human beings into machines. This is the perspective of the narrator in the short story “The Sandwich Factory” by Jason Kennedy. When mechanization is utilized to increase efficiency‚ factory employees become monotone working machines and individuals become just one of many - a crowd of insignificant people. This assignment will begin with an analysis and interpretation of the short story “The Sandwich Factory” by Jason Kennedy. To put the story into perspective
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The Sandwich Factory I will begin the assignment with an analysis and interpretation of the short story “The Sandwich Factory” by Jason Kennedy. I will include a discussion of the text‚ “Nice work” by David Lodge and the picture‚ “Relativity” by M.C. Escher. I will end the assignment with a short essay about the description of Coketown in Charles Dickens’ novel “Hard Times”. A: The short story‚ “The Sandwich Factory” by Jason Kennedy from 2007 is about a man who takes a low-paid job at a sandwich
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“The Sandwich Factory” - Jason Kennedy The story is called “The Sandwich Factory”. It’s about a man‚ who finds a work at a sandwich factory. Everyone has their own thing to do in the factory and go through the same routine every day. We only hear that they go to work‚ get locked in and go home again when they’re done. It’s why I’ve chosen to focus on the mechanization of human beings. It pretty much describes the world we are in today. Maybe a little too extreme but true in many ways. We‚ people
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The Sandwich Factory A) Today everyone wants to be something‚ they want to achieve something. They want to be successful and have an important and interesting job but some people don’t get that far. They end up working in factories‚ acting like machines hour after hour‚ doing meaningless repetitive tasks and losing their individuality. In Jason Kennedy’s short story “The Sandwich Factory” we are introduced to just such a guy who works like a machine in a factory doing the same thing every single
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The Sandwich Factory Back in 1904 Henry Ford introduced the modern assembly line at Ford Motor Company and became recognized as its father. The assembly line became a significant factor in mass production because it helped raise productivity and efficiency. Efficiency is measured by a comparison of production with cost‚ and is still very important to activities in our time. But when profit weights more than the conditions of the employees it has consequences for those who cannot seem to adapt
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The Sandwich Factory By Jason Kennedy The main theme of the short story The Sandwich Factory is the mechanization of human beings. The plot takes place in 1994 at a sandwich factory and we meet the narrator who works there. Through him we get the impression that the employees are no longer considered humans or individuals‚ but just one of many. The factory threatens to turn human beings into machines by thwarting the development of their emotions and imaginations and in the end of the story the
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Managing organisational change at Foxconn’s factories in contemporary China 1. Introduction Since China’s engagement to the global economy in the early 1980s‚ it has become the global manufacturing centre given its abundant supply of low-cost labours. International corporations have long taken advantages of this to have their goods produced or assembled in China‚ and they have been able to squeeze their costs and transform them into a lower product price for their potential customers.
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1 THE NEED FOR ORGANISATIONS TO CHANGE 3 1.2 AIM OF DISCUSSION 3 2 PREPARING AN ORGANISATION FOR CHANGE 4 2.1 THE CONCEPT OF CHANGE 4 2.2 THE USE OF CHANGE AGENTS 5 2.3 THE LEARNING ORGANISATION 5 2.4 DEVELOPING A CHANGE MODEL 6 2.5 PREPARING NISSAN SA FOR CHANGE USING KOTTER’S EIGHT STEP PLAN 6 2.5.1 Establish a sense of urgency 6 2.5.2 Form a powerful coalition to lead change 7 2.5.3 Create a vision for change 7 2.5.4 Communicate the vision 7
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successful business‚ change is essential. Changes can be made and come as a form replacement or modification‚ in order to achieve strategic fit for the business. Living in an age where the change of demands switches from one form to another within an instant‚ businesses have to well-informed and keep up with the ever-changing market in order to maintain its survival. In this case study of Courthouse Hotel‚ detailed analysis will be provided‚ covering various areas of change‚ in regards to different
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Key Concepts | Key notions/ ideas/ points | Comments | InertiaWhy is it difficult to change? | To understand why there is organisational inertia and why it is difficult to change‚ it is necessary to first identify them so that they can be individually addressed. This can be done by categorising the inertias identified into ‘socio-technical’‚ ‘cultural’‚ ‘political’ and ‘economical’ with the ‘today’ and ‘tomorrow’ scenarios mapped out for each category. (refer to Appendix A for notes on the various
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