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"The story and analysis of flexibility and entrepreneurship is told in The Future Workforce: The 21st-Century Transformation of Leaders, Managers, and Employees, a future-focused view of the American workforce in all sectors. But the emergence of new kinds of employees, managers, and leaders has been overlooked. In response to the incredible challenges of the workplace, new workers at all levels represent the creation of the most productive and creative...
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About 27.5 million Americans -- nearly 24 percent of the labor force -- earn less than $8.70 an hour, not enough to keep a family of four out of poverty, even working full-time. "Low-Wage America" is the most extensive study to date of how the choices employers make in response to economic globalization, industry deregulation, and advances in information technology affect the lives of tens of millions of workers at the bottom of the wage distribution....
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Contains 12 contributions examining the economics of low unemployment rates whilst inflation did not increase during the 1990s. Presents macroeconomic perspectives, studies of effects of international trade on labour markets, projections of labour supplies to the year 2020, and an outlook on whether rising productivity and falling unemployment can be sustained or replicated.
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The authors call for new, decentralized institutions suited to a dynamic economy in which change is constant and rapid. In particular, they see a need for job ladders and worker associations that cut across firm boundaries. These institutions would foster individual and collective learning, mark out career paths, and facilitate coordination among both individuals and organizations in a networked economy. The authors propose new rules to reshape labor...
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"Coming at a time of profound change in the global conditions under which American organized labor exists, The Future of the American Labor Movement describes and analyzes labor's strategic alternatives. The analysis is broadly cast, taking into account ideas that range from the current European Social Dialogue to the methods of the nineteenth-century American Knights of Labor. There are a number of intriguing strategies, including worker ownership...
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Analyzes the current labour market in the US and concludes that social policy must change to cope with the realities of the new economy. "More and better jobs" is the underlying theme of this text. It presents an agenda of lifelong learning and recommends specific government educational policies.
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In this updated edition, economists, scholars, and researchers examine the future of the American workforce. The book contains four chapters addressing topics such as globalization, technology, education, the labor market, and the economy. Includes information on generational trends.
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