| Description |
xlv, 258 pages : illustrations ; 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. |
| Note |
"Rand Labor and Population." |
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"Prepared for the U.S. Department of Labor." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-258). |
| Subject |
Working class -- United States -- Forecasting.
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Employment forecasting -- United States.
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Work environment -- United States -- Forecasting.
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| Added Author |
Panis, Constantijn W. A.
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United States. Department of Labor.
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Rand Corporation.
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Labor and Population Program.
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| Added Title |
Twenty-first century at work |
| ISBN |
0833034928 |
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