Work is a set of performed activities, and the effort made by individuals, like goal of achieving a goal. It can be approached in several ways and focusing on several areas, such as in economy, at physics, at philosophy, at story, etc.
Work enables human beings to transform nature to satisfy their needs. It is the work that makes the individual demonstrate actions, initiatives, develop skills. It is with the work that he can also improve them.
Work also plays an important role in the socialization of individuals, as it is often carried out together and with a common goal. The accomplishment of the tasks causes techniques to be developed and these techniques are culturally transmitted. This is what happens when working with land, for example, each culture builds its own way of planting and dealing with the land.
The word work comes from Latin tripalium, an ancient instrument used in farming. later the tripalium it was also a Roman object used for torture, typical it meant being tortured.
O international worker's day
is celebrated on May 1st. The day is a tribute to a strike that took place in Chicago in 1886, which called for better working conditions.difference between work and employment
Work is a task that does not necessarily give the worker a financial reward. Employment is a position of an individual in a company or institution, where their work (physical or mental) is paid.
The concept of employment is much more recent than that of work, and it emerged around the Industrial Revolution and spread with the evolution of capitalism.
Work in Physics
In Physics, work is a scalar quantity represented in joules (J). Work is the energy transferred to a body for it to move. Work is calculated using a formula, which is force multiplication by displacement.
The work can be a positive, negative or null number depending on the net force applied to the body.
work in philosophy
In philosophy, work has traditionally been understood as a minor task to contemplative leisure. The most important individuals were those occupied with activities related to thinking, while work was understood as something stultifying.
This thought was only modified after the bourgeois revolutions, when work came to be recognized as a producer of wealth, giving rise to liberal thought.
For Marx, in the second half of the 19th century, work was understood as an instrument for humanizing individuals. However, in the capitalist mode of production, work becomes alienated work and the human being becomes a thing, an analogue of machines and tools for production.
work in the economy
In the field of economics, work is the human effort that seeks to satisfy the needs of a person or a group.
In production, there is a transformation through work, in general, of the raw material into a final product, in which a value is produced and sold.
Academic Works
Academic assignments are tasks required of students who attend university education institutions and who intend to develop students' critical thinking and intellectual capacity.
These works can be exclusively written and submitted to the professor's evaluation. However, many academic papers require oral presentation to an audience.
Some academic works can be long, such as thesis (doctorate), dissertation (masters), monograph (undergraduate) and course conclusion work (TCC) for technologists and technicians.
There are also other shorter works. For example: articles, reports, listings, reviews, communications, etc.
Team work
Teamwork is when a group makes a collective effort to achieve a goal or solve a problem. It is a subject much debated in organizations, as it is believed that all employees must know how to work together to achieve faster goals.
Knowing how to work in a team is a quality commonly required in the job market as it provides greater efficiency in carrying out tasks.
Teamwork is also very important in team sports such as football, basketball, volleyball, among others. In these practices, the whole is understood as being superior to individuals.
Child labor
Child labor is work performed by children and adolescents who are below the minimum legal age allowed, which may vary from country to country.
In Brazil, any child or adolescent who works under the age of 16 is considered child labor and is prohibited by law.
In addition to child labor being prohibited, any form of labor that is cruel or harmful, such as torture and ill-treatment, is also a crime.
Child labor is still very common, especially in poor and underdeveloped countries, where children are underpaid, boosting production profits.
Volunteer work
There is also voluntary work, which is where the individual is available to carry out an activity, without receiving any remuneration for it.
Volunteer work is quite common for university students, who are in the apprenticeship stage, and still do not seek remuneration for it. Furthermore, volunteer work is often associated with different social causes. Some NGOs and non-profit institutions depend on people who are willing to work voluntarily.
Slavery
Slave labor is when an employer exploits their employee. During Brazil's slavery period, several African peoples were kidnapped from their homeland and brought to the colony to carry out forced labor.
Slave labor also occurs in contracts made illegally, in these situations, a debt is imposed on the enslaved worker and he must pay it with his labor. In general, interest or new costs are charged in order to maintain this working relationship.
