The Impact of Technological Change on Manpower and Skill Demand: Case-Study Data and Policy Implications.

Autor/inn/en	Crossman, Edward R. F. W.; Laner, Stephen
Institution	California Univ., Berkeley. Human Factors in Technology Research Group.
Titel	The Impact of Technological Change on Manpower and Skill Demand: Case-Study Data and Policy Implications.
Quelle	(1969), (382 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Bibliographies; Case Studies; Charts; Critical Incidents Method; Economic Research; Labor Economics; Labor Needs; Measurement Techniques; Profiles; Semiskilled Workers; Skill Analysis; Tables (Data); Technological Advancement; Unskilled Workers + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Diagram; Diagrams; Diagramm; Tabellarische Überischt; Tabelle; Wirtschaftsforschung; Arbeitsökonomie; Labour needs; Arbeitskräftebedarf; Messtechnik; Charakterisierung; Profilanalyse; Semi-skilled worker; Semi-skilled workers; Semiskilled worker; Ungelernter Arbeitnehmer; Angelernter Arbeitnehmer; Technological development; Technologische Entwicklung; Unskilled worker; Hilfsarbeiter
Abstract	To prove or disprove the hypothesis that automation and technological change impose increased skill demands on manufacturing and service industries, case studies were made of a bank and a steel and air products company, and of two oil companies, airlines, and electric power companies. The basic conceptual tool used to measure skill demands was the skill profile, a study of the distribution of total manhours required to produce a unit product (or service) along a scale of the least to the most highly skilled labor. The study found that there was little or no net overall tendency for the mean skill level of the workforce to increase with technological change. Small changes in mean skill were largely offset by larger overall productivity increases, and thus, decreases in absolute demand measured in manhours per unit of production for specific skill brackets were more prevalent than increases. Declines in absolute labor demand were greatest for semiskilled workers and the next greatest declines were for laborers. Skilled workers were the least affected. A bibliography, charts, and tables used to develop the skill profiles are appended. (BC)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC