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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Karoly, Lynn A., 1961- 21st century at work. Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND, 2004 (OCoLC)654782624 |
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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Lynn A Karoly; Constantijn W A Panis; United States. Dept. of Labor.; Rand Corporation.; Labor and Population Program. |
| ISBN: | 0833034928 9780833034922 |
| OCLC Number: | 54538056 |
| Notes: | "Rand Labor and Population." "Prepared for the U.S. Department of Labor." |
| Description: | xlv, 258 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | The challenges of looking to the future -- A guiding framework -- Shifting demographic parameters shaping the future workforce -- Slower workforce growth ahead -- The workforce is becoming ever more diverse -- The key characteristic of the future workforce is skill -- Addressing the slowdown in labor force growth -- Changing demographics also shift demand for goods and services -- Demographics and the future of work -- The information age and beyond : the reach of technology -- The advent of the information age -- Applications of the "new biology" -- Nanotechnology : revolutionary technology on the horizon -- How technology is affecting the workforce and workplace -- Technology and the future of work -- A new era of global integration -- The phenomenon of economic global integration -- Forces behind global economic integration -- How economic globalization is affecting the U.S. economy, the workforce, and the workplace -- Economic globalization and the future of work -- Implications for work in the twenty-first century -- New paradigms for the organization of production -- Shifts in employment relationships and where work is performed -- Other workplace dimensions : safety, security, and privacy -- The changing nature of work and the skill requirements of jobs -- Supplying the workforce needs of the tuture -- Changing the rewards to work. |
| Other Titles: | Twenty-first century at work |
| Responsibility: | Lynn A. Karoly, Constantijn W.A. Panis. |
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Abstract:
Looks at the evolution of the US workforce and workplace, focusing on demographics, technology and globalization.
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- Main-d'oeuvre.
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