Technology and the future of work / Paul S. Adler, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Adler, Paul S., editor.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Employees--Effect of technological innovations on.

Employees.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (351 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book brings together a set of essays exploring the implications of new technologies in the workplace. The common premise of the contributions is that the effective implementation of automation in manufacturing and engineering operations will typically require a workforce with a higher skill profile. Examining the experience of countries in Europe, Australia, Asia, and the U.S., the book analyzes four themes: the new competencies required for effective implementation of new technologies; how firms can develop these new competencies; the implications of these changes for industrial relation

Contents:

Contents; Contributors; 1. Introduction; 2. Automation and Competency Requirements in Manufacturing: A Case Study; 3. Skill and Occupational Changes in U.S. Manufacturing; 4. Automation and Work in Britain; 5. New Concepts of Production and the Emergence of the Systems Controller; 6. Institutions and Incentives for Developing Work-Related Knowledge and Skill; 7. Issues in Skill Formation in Japanese Approaches to Automation; 8. Technology, Industrial Relations, and the Problem of Organizational Transformation; 9. Union Initiatives to Restructure Industry in Australia

10. Transforming the Routines and Contexts of Management, Work, and Technology11. Innovation and Institutions: Notes on the Japanese Paradigm; Name Index; Subject Index

Notes:

Revised briefing papers for a seminar at Stanford University in March 1990"--Pref.

Previously issued in print: 1992.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-770375-5

1-280-44120-8

1-4237-3748-2

0-19-536116-4

1-60129-845-5

OCLC:

475957490