A green city program for San Francisco Bay area cities and towns

Berg, Peter

Planet Drum Books

Manufacturing Advantage: Why High Performance Work Systems Pay Off

Much of the hoopla surrounding quality circles, teams, and high-performance work systems has been based on anecdotes and very thin evidence. It has not been established that those employee involvement strategies amount to anything more than another series of management fads or ruses designed to get more out of workers without giving them anything in return. This revelatory book, written by some of the skeptics, lays some of the suspicion to rest.
Based on their visits to 44 plants and surveys of more than 4,000 employees, Eileen Appelbaum, Thomas Bailey, Peter Berg, and Arne L. Kalleberg concluded that companies are indeed more successful when managers share knowledge and power with workers and when workers assume increased responsibility and discretion.
The study of steel, apparel, and medical electronics and imaging plants revealed much. In self-directed teams, workers were able to eliminate bottlenecks and coordinate the work process. In task forces created to improve quality, they communicated with individuals outside their own work groups and were able to solve problems. Expensive equipment in steel mills operated with fewer interruptions, turnaround and labor costs were cut in apparel factories, and costly inventories of components and medical equipment were reduced.
And what did the employees think? The worker survey showed that jobs in participatory work systems often provide more challenging tasks and more opportunities for creativity. Employees in apparel had higher hourly earnings; those in steel had both higher hourly earnings and higher job satisfaction. Workers in more participatory settings were no more likely than others to report heavy workloads or excessive demands on their time. They were, however, less likely to report involuntary overtime or conflict with co-workers, and were more likely to be satisfied with their surroundings. 
Manufacturing Advantage provides the best assessment available of the effectiveness of high-performance work systems. Freestanding chapters near the end of the book provide full documentation of research data without interrupting the narrative flow.

Business & Money

Bailey, Thomas

Kalleberg, Arne L.

Appelbaum, Eileen

Economics

ILR PRESS

Green City Program for the San Francisco Bay Area and Beyond

Bookpeople

Book by Berg, Peter, Magilavy, Beryl, Zuckerman, Seth

Green City Program for San Francisco Bay Area Cities and Towns

Magilavy, Beryl

Zuckerman, Seth

Reference

Planet Drum Foundation

Discovering Your Life-Place: A First Bioregional Workbook

Science & Math

Earth Sciences

Shared Work - Valued Care: New Norms for Organizing Market Work and Unpaid Care Work

Economic Policy Institute

In Envisioning Sustainability Planet Drum Foundation Founder Peter Berg provides us with a collection of the important essays that helped define the bioregional movement and established Berg as an icon in the environmental community. This collection, which spans three decades of Berg's life work, combines the candor, humor and vision that helped shape the sustainability revolution. From his home environment of San Francisco, to his work in Japan and Ecuador, Berg speaks with authority on the bioregional aspects of sustainability as cities around the world adopt and execute his Green City model.

Envisioning Sustainability

Subculture Books

As Earth’s neighbor, the moon affects not only ocean tides but also the growth and development of plants. In this finely illustrated, full-color book―packed with practical tips for the novice as well as the advanced gardener―Peter Berg offers a clear summary of the basics of lunar and biodynamic gardening, together with these in-depth sections: 
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<li> activating and enlivening the soil</li> <li> biodynamic preparations</li> <li> making good compost</li> <li> crop rotation and green manuring</li> <li> cultivation work and care of the garden</li> <li> practical plant protection</li> <li> rich harvesting</li> <li> saving your own seeds</li> </ul>
 Building on the intensive research of his mentor Maria Thun and the teachings of Rudolf Steiner, Berg explains how the subtle influences from the cosmos work on the plant world, describing the differences among and the significance of “root,” “leaf,” “blossom,” and “fruit” days in the working calendar. Understanding these natural processes and the practical knowledge described in this book can lead to productive, chemical-free gardening, healthy plants, and abundant harvests. This book is a translation of Der Mondgärtner. Biodynamisch gärtnern mit Peter Berg.

The Moon Gardener: A Biodynamic Guide to Getting the Best from Your Garden

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Alternative Medicine

Temple Lodge Publishing

Biogärtnern leicht gemacht: 45 praktische Projekte

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Gardening & Landscape Design

Franckh-Kosmos

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