A U.S. state that has passed a law pre¬venting a union and company from negotiating a contract that requires workers to join a union as a condition of employment.
Fordist production
Form of mass production in which each worker is assigned one specific task to perform repeatedly.
Retail Services
Services that promote goods for sale to consumers.
Consumer Services
Businesses that provide sen;ces primarily to individual consumers, including retail sen-ices and personal servICes.
service
An activity that fulfills a human Want or need and returns money to those who provide it.
Central Place theory
A theory that explains the distribution of services, based on the fact that settlements serve as centers of market areas for services; larger settlements are fewer and far¬ther apart than smaller settlements and provide services for a larger number of pe
Market area
The area surrounding a central place, from which people are attracted to use the place's goods and services.
Central Place
A market center for the exchange of services by people attracted from the surrounding area.
Post Fordist
production Adoption by companies of flexible work rules, such as the allocation of workers to teams that per¬form a variety of tasks.
Producer services
Services that primarily help people con¬duct business.