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New technology, innovation and training: an empirical study of selected British firms
Author(s) -
Campbell Adrian,
Warner Malcolm
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
new technology, work and employment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.889
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1468-005X
pISSN - 0268-1072
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-005x.1987.tb00077.x
Subject(s) - flexibility (engineering) , training (meteorology) , relation (database) , product (mathematics) , discipline , production (economics) , business , product innovation , knowledge management , process (computing) , marketing , industrial organization , engineering management , process management , engineering , computer science , management , sociology , economics , geography , social science , geometry , mathematics , database , meteorology , macroeconomics , operating system
This article is based on a survey of manufacturing sites, and the relation between production innovation and skills provision strategies encountered therein. It discusses the ways in which trends towards process integration and product flexibility are encouraging moves away from the traditional dependence on ‘off‐the‐shelf’skills recruitment and towards a greater emphasis on training, often of a flexible and cross‐disciplinary type.