Aspects of Time in Organization
论文探讨组织中时间的社会化过程,指出家庭、学校和工作场所如何塑造我们的时间意识,使外部专门化的组织成为时间的主要调节者和占有者。
The paper examines temporal aspects of organization. It argues that a major element of human socialization is the structuring of time-sense within formal organizations. Notable here is the process whereby family, school, and workplace teach us rigid time disciplines. These institutions segment activities into precise temporal units and condition us to an "organized" time-consciousness. This conditioning sees us subscribe to times which are external and specialized. The paper argues that in industrial societies, the external and highly specialized organization has become not only the main regulator of time, but also its primary claimant.