Prduction

1. Prduction Introduction When we use the term 'production' we might normally think of making something. In business and economics, production can mean more than this. A hairdresser, for example, is also involved in production. In this case they would be producing a service as opposed to anything you can touch.

2. If we take this definition then all business organizations could be said to be involved in some form of production. What we mean by the term therefore is using resources (land, labor and capital) to provide an end user with a good or service.

3. The table below helps to further illustrate the productive process.

4. Review"The book is written in a fluid manner and will, no doubt, become an important tool for those in formal training in occupational health. This book offers to students in the occupational and environmental fields a concise and up-to-date panorama of the politics of occupational health and is particularly valuable for this historic analysis that helps us to understand how the current crisis evolved. The book might be used as text in both graduate and undergraduate courses of occupational and environment health, engineering, and other related fields. The most important contribution of this text, however, is the Marxist approach to the study of the work environment, expanding the traditional occupational health literature to include health and safety in the workplace. Because of its facile style, Point of Production would also be interesting and useful for workers, unions, and the general public....provides an important example of how political economy can use critical analysis to shape strategies for moving beyond our current problems. The most important contribution of this text, however, is the unfolding of the Marxist approach for the study of the work environment, combining traditional concerns in occupational health with the health and safety of the workplace and extending the field to include the broader community."--Review of Radical Political Economics--

5. "...essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the political economy of work injuries. Wooding and Levenstein are astute, compassionate and compelling observers of workplace safety issues and health. Their work should be championed as a valuable antidote to the prevailing 'worker at fault' paradigm and market driven apologetics." --The National Workplace Injury Litigator"[A] concise, well-written book....This interesting and provocative book is recommended for graduate students and teachers of industrial sociology and business." --Choice"Chapters provide much food for thought for any involved in business and safety." --The Bookwatch