manufacturing and operations
type: Concept
narrower: manufacturing

commercial enterprises
type: Concept
narrower: manufacturing

occupations and professions, labor processes, jobs, and careers
type: Concept
narrower: manufacturing

concepts
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member: manufacturing

manufacturing
definition: Manufacturing—the production of physical goods—is the definitional backbone of industrial society. Whereas an agricultural society relies on growing food or cash crops and a postindustrial society is characterized by the provision of services, an industrial society is defined by the design and putting together of tangible human-made objects, a pursuit that occupies a large portion of its workers. [Source: Sociology of Work: An Encyclopedia; Manufacturing]
broader: occupations and professions, labor processes, jobs, and careers
broader: manufacturing and operations
broader: commercial enterprises
type: Concept