Technology and the future of work /

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Imprint:New York : Oxford University Press, 1992.
Description:1 online resource (xiv, 336 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Series:OUP E-Books.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11152506
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Other authors / contributors:Adler, Paul S.
ISBN:0195071719
9780195071719
1423737482
9781423737483
0195361164
9780195361162
1280441208
9781280441202
9786610441204
6610441200
Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:The essays in this volume contradict the conventional assumption that automation will not only reduce the number of workers required to produce a given product but also require less skilled workers to produce it.
Other form:Print version: Technology and the future of work. New York : Oxford University Press, 1992
Standard no.:ZBWT00427528
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Adler (University of Southern California) has compiled briefing papers from a 1990 seminar at Stanford University on the topic of worker skills in an increasingly high-tech work environment. The book's theme suggests that industry will require a managerial and staff work force with enhanced skills, education, and the ability to think creatively. After an introductory chapter, contributors explore attempts to optimize the relationship between technology, people, and organization by analyzing US, European, Australian, and Asiatic responses to the changes demanded by the emerging technocracy. The writing style is succinct with excellent use of tabular and graphic materials. Chapter-end references provide an extensive bibliography for the reader. A companion volume addressing issues surrounding the implementation of new technologies in industry titled "Designing Technology for Usuability" is forthcoming. Graduate; faculty; professional. S. R. Kahn; University of Cincinnati

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