Good Work Research Program: 

                 A manufacturer needs to have the same ethical responsibility to produce good outcomes

                   in its employee output as it does to create good outcomes from its waste streams.

 Representation of an organization’s waste streams

                                             Figure 1: Representation of an organization’s waste streams

 

 

 Good Work is: “work that satisfies the physical, psychological, and social needs, and positively promotes health, quality of life, and social and cultural integrity for its workers, stakeholders, and the broader society within which the organization exists."

- Dr. Wei-Tau Lee, About Good Work

 

In contrast, Bad Work is work that is poorly designed and can lead to workers experiencing physical and psychological trauma, and in extreme cases, death by:

  • cardiovascular disorders such as heart attacks and strokes,
  • suicides motivated by psychological problems related to work (Perlin, 2013).

Goals:

  • Understand the nature of work and the design of good work
  • Develop Good Work

We need your participation:

  • You can support this research by helping our team apply and test the 5-Step Work Improvement Process in your organization.
  • Participation would permit:
    • Organization’s employees to participate in an initial round of a survey and follow-up interviews
    • Collaborating with the team on possible work improvement actions
    • Implementing selected improvement actions
    • Organization’s employees to participate in final round of survey and follow-up interviews
  • Participation would provide:
    • Organization with the team’s findings and work design recommendations
    • Based on our experience, we believe that the results will be insightful and useful to you!