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The 21st century at work : forces shaping the future workforce and workplace in the United States / Lynn A. Karoly, Constantijn W.A. Panis.

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What are the forces that will continue to shape the U.S. workforce and workplace over the next 10 to 15 years? With such inevitabilities as the proliferation and acceleration of technology worldwide, will more individuals work at home, will more businesses outsource their noncore functions--and with...

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Main Author: Karoly, Lynn A., 1961-
Corporate Authors: United States. Department of Labor, Rand Corporation, Labor and Population Program
Other Authors: Panis, Constantijn W. A.
Other title:Twenty-first century at work.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND, 2004.
Subjects:
Working class > United States > Forecasting.
Employment forecasting > United States.
Work environment > United States > Forecasting.
Employment forecasting.
Work environment > Forecasting.
Working class > Forecasting.
United States.
Table of 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.

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