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“With reference to a dualism of your choice (e.g., bureaucracy/post-bureaucracy, Fordism/post-Fordism, hard HRM/soft HRM), evaluate critically its validity as a tool for understanding the changing nature of work organisation�

Introduction
The definition of work is “ the application of effort or exertion to a purpose,� (Noon & Blyton 2002, p3) Though this does provide a reasonable definition a clearer one can be provided by Thomas (1999, xiv) who highlights three essential components to work:

1) Work produces or achieves something (it’s not an end in itself)
2) Work involves a degree of obligation or necessity (it’s a task set either by others or ourselves)
3) Work involves effort and persistence (it’s not wholly pleasurable, although there may be pleasurable elements to it)
Therefore this definition helps to clearly define the tasks individuals are expected to complete in their everyday lives, for example cleaning and ironing, but in particular in this......

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