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Additional authors

1. Murnane, Richard J.

Description

1. ix, 174 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

1. "As the current recession ends, many workers will not be returning to the jobs they once held -- those jobs are gone. In The New Division of Labor, Frank Levy and Richard Murnane show how computers are changing the employment landscape and how the right kinds of education can ease the transition to the new job market. The book tells stories of people at work -- a high-end financial advisor, a customer service representative, a pair of successful chefs, a cardiologist, an automotive mechanic, the author Victor Hugo, floor traders in a London financial exchange. The authors merge these stories with insights from cognitive science, computer science, and economics to show how computers are enhancing productivity in many jobs even as they eliminate other jobs -- both directly and by sending work offshore. At greatest risk are jobs that can be expressed in programmable rules -- blue collar, clerical, and similar work that requires moderate skills and used to pay middle-class wages. The loss of these jobs leaves a growing division between those who can and cannot earn a good living in the computerized economy. Left unchecked, the division threatens the nation's democratic institutions. The nation's challenge is to recognize this division and to prepare the population for the high-wage/high-skilled jobs that are rapidly growing in number -- jobs involving extensive problem solving and interpersonal communication. Using detailed examples -- a second grade classroom, an IBM managerial training program, Cisco Networking Academies -- the authors describe how these skills can be taught and how our adjustment to the computerized workplace can begin in earnest. Book jacket."--Jacket.

Subject

1. Labor supply > Effect of technological innovations on
2. Labor supply > Effect of automation on
3. Computers > Social aspects
4. Employees > Effect of automation on
5. Automation > Economic aspects
6. 83.61 labour economics
7. 85.64 occupations
8. Offre de main-d'oeuvre
9. Innovations technologiques
10. Education
11. Qualifications professionnelles
12. Informatique
13. Informatisation
14. Automation > Economic aspects
15. Computers > Social aspects
16. Employees > Effect of automation on
17. Labor supply > Effect of automation on
18. Labor supply > Effect of technological innovations on
19. Arbeit
20. Computer
21. Strukturwandel
22. Automatisering
23. Informatietechnologie
24. Werkgelegenheid
25. Beroepskwalificaties
26. Arbeidsverdeling
27. Arbeidsmarkt
28. division of labour
29. computerization
30. educational needs
31. labour demand
32. skilled workers
33. communication skills
34. problem solving
35. Marché du travail
36. Automatisation
37. Impact sur le travail
38. Aspect économique
39. Aspect social
40. division du travail
41. informatisation
42. besoins d'éducation
43. besoins en main-d'oeuvre
44. travailleur qualifié
45. qualifications en communication
46. résolution de problème
47. división del trabajo
48. computerización
49. necesidades de educación
50. necesidad de mano de obra
51. trabajador especializado
52. habilidad en comunicación
53. resolución de problemas
54. USA
55. USA
56. Etats-Unis
57. Estados Unidos

Contents

1. New divisions of labor -- Why people still matter -- How computers change work and pay -- Expert thinking -- Complex communication -- Enabling skills -- Computers and the teaching of skills -- Standards-based education reform in the computer age -- The next ten years.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.