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Technical change, work organisation and training: some issues relating to the role of market forces
Author(s) -
Senker Peter
Publication year - 1989
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.1989.tb00103.x
Subject(s) - work (physics) , training (meteorology) , business , technical change , knowledge management , process management , engineering management , risk analysis (engineering) , computer science , economics , engineering , economic growth , productivity , mechanical engineering , physics , meteorology
Managements often fail to deal with problems of reorganising work to cope with technical change. Nevertheless, it is suggested that skills are becoming more enterprise‐specific and that employers should train to satisfy their own needs. While markets help to distribute skills, they do not ensure that sufficient are created.