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Consumption perceived more as an economic activity at first sight; beyond being a mere economic reality, it has a social, cultural and psychological dimension and meaning. As a matter of fact, as a result of the progress and transformations of the production system, which is a product of the economic system, consumption emerges as a way of participating in social life as a cultural practice and as an important instrument of developing social relations. In this context, the motto of "consume as much as you need" of the pre-industrial period has left its place to the motto "you have as much as you consume" shaped in line with themes and motives such as "desire, pleasure and status" during and after the industrial period. The subject of this study is the new appearances and new meanings of consumption shaped by changing production systems and consumer expectations. The aim of the study is to discuss the transformations of the production-consumption relationship without neglecting the production aspect of the subject in an effort to present a historical integrity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Henry Ford's mass production system that began in 1914 by creating the moving assembly line has become the symbol of Fordism. Henry Ford adopted Frederic Winslow Taylor's scientific management approach which describes the motion and time study and put this system into practice which was the production system between the years 1945-1973. The progress of technology start to live the information age, the mass production system which cannot cope with the demands of consumers, the lack of flexibility in production, to begin to experience strong workers' resistance against the change, have led to inadequate, gradually. Flexible system of production, with another name post-fordist system, that first emerged in Italy has enabled the development of new manufacturing sectors and technological and commercial innovations. At the same time; it recognized socio-economically facilities to employees. The concept of flexible production corresponds to the concurrent period with the concept of new public administration approach. With the impact of new public administration in conjunction with the occurrence of innovation and change in public institutions the form of operation of staffs in government departments began to change. The application of public administration by the Ministry of Health in Turkey and Yalova Municipality is one of the examples in the field of flexibility. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]