Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Sociology

Chapter

Social Change and Development in India: Change and Development in industrial Society

Question:
According to which sociologist,the use of machinery actually deskills workers?
Options:
E P Thomson
Harry Braverman
Frederick Winslow Taylor
Karl Marx
Correct Answer:
Harry Braverman
Explanation:
The famous sociologist Harry Braverman argues that the use of machinery actually deskills workers. For example, whereas earlier architects and engineers had to be skilled draughtsmen, now the computer does a lot of the work for them.