Technology-Driven Productivity Improvements and the Future of Work: Emerging Research and Opportunities

ISBN-13: 9781522521792 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 288 str.

Goran Roos

Opis

"This book discusses how productivity growth in manufacturing has been faster due to the deployment of ICT enabled productivity tools and how the service sector has been forced to absorb greater proportion of total employment to keep its manufacturing consistent. It discuss this domain using examples from the legal domain and a generalization of the impact"--

Spis treści

• Preface
• Introduction
• Chapter 1; Technology-Driven Productivity Improvements With a Focus on ICTEnabled Automation
• Chapter 2; What Will Happen to the Jobs?
• Chapter 3;Competencies and Work Hours
• Chapter 4; The Demand for STEM Skills: Surplus and Deficit Simultaneously
• Chapter 5; Economic Complexity as a Basis for National Prosperity and the Impact ofTechnology-Based Productivity Improvement
• Chapter 6; Emerging Shifts in the Relationships Between Providers of Labour and Users of Labour
• Chapter 7; Drivers That Are Exacerbating the Problem
• Chapter 8; How Should Society Respond to These Challenges?
• Conclusion
• Related Readings
• About the Author
• Index