I have not seen any Danish (non-academic) environment closely. But given what I have inferred Danish workplaces are extremely socialized. I am amazed how little hierarchy there is. I have a bunch of exchange students from several countries doing an internship with Danish startups. These are small organizations and the employers would want to get as much as possible from these students in terms of market research. They treat these students very well and give them the time for meetings etc. In one instance the employer (maker of high end acoustic material) showed up with his student to talk to me about their project. Most organizations are flat (sometimes I think a bit too much as it leads to slower throughput but then as I said it's often deliberate to slow things down).
In my own academic environment the staff are treated as equals. Most of the time I have lunch with the staff. We have lunches at the department and anyone who is around joins at the same table for lunch. In my 18 years in U of Washington we could never get people to sit together and have lunch. The space was never designed to have employees gather in one place. Denmark is known for their cakes and it takes very little excuse to bring some to work--new employee, employee is leaving, getting published, birthdays, etc. etc. So there is a fair amount of socialized production, if this is what is meant, since everyone shares in a very collective way. Anthony On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 10:13 PM, joel blau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In escalating degrees of socialization, it would involve 1) a more > democratic workplace; 2) local cooperatives; and 3) public ownership/control > of larger industries. Denmark is actually one of the more hybrid > Scandinavian welfare states--quite market-oriented, but just as described, > with considerable socialization of consumption. > > Joel Blau > > raghu wrote: >> >> On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 10:53 AM, joel blau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> >>> Well, presumably , it would socialize production instead of merely >>> socializing consumption, as the more advanced European welfare states >>> do.... >>> >>> Joel Blau >>> >> >> >> Very good point! What would that involve, in say the Danish context? A >> more democratic workplace? >> -raghu. >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > -- xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Anthony P. D'Costa Professor of Indian Studies Asia Research Centre Copenhagen Business School Porcelænshaven 24, 3 DK-2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Ph: +45 3815 2572 Fax: +45 3815 2500 http://uk.cbs.dk/arc www.cbs.dk/india xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
