Rise of the Knowledge Worker
1st Edition
Published on 3. November 2009
264 pages
978-1-136-36818-9 (ISBN)
Description
A generation of magnificent scholars, from Peter Drucker to Jack Welch, have taught us that understanding business issues and the profound changes the world's economy is undergoing makes sense if set in historical context. Today the best managers in the world demand to know how things came to be as they are. This collection of essays is designed to give the reader an historical perspective on the fastest growing sector of the work force: knowledge workers. The articles tell you how knowledge workers evolved from manufacturing and agricultural jobs and then go on to give you some insight as to what the future roles of knowledge workers will be.
The readings in this volume come from a variety of sources not normally looked at by managers and business executives. There are reports from historians, sociologists, academics, and economic experts. Each chapter begins with a brief introduction on the material, its significance, and something about the context in which it was written, including brief biographical comments on the author. The Rise of the Knowledge Worker is intended for business people, managers, leaders, government employees, and students.
The readings in this volume come from a variety of sources not normally looked at by managers and business executives. There are reports from historians, sociologists, academics, and economic experts. Each chapter begins with a brief introduction on the material, its significance, and something about the context in which it was written, including brief biographical comments on the author. The Rise of the Knowledge Worker is intended for business people, managers, leaders, government employees, and students.
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James Cortada has amassed a collection of articles on this topic by historians, sociologists and economists. . .-Beyond Computing
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Reflowable
File size
3,55 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-136-36818-9 (9781136368189)
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Content
Part 1 A New Profession Is Born; Chapter 1 Where Did Knowledge Workers Come From?, James W. Cortada; Chapter 2 Gender and the Masculine Business Professions, Sharon Hartman Strom; Chapter 3 The Role of the Librarian, James Kendall Hosmer; Chapter 4 The Middle Class, C. Wright Mills; Part 2 Recognition of the New Professions; Chapter 5 Personnel Resources in the Social Sciences and Humanities; Chapter 6 Knowledge Production and Occupational Structure (1), Fritz Machlup; Chapter 7 Knowledge Production and Occupational Structure (2), Michael Rogers Rubin, Mary Taylor Huber; Chapter 8 The Information Economy, Marc Uri Porat; Chapter 9 The New Industrial Society, Jorge Reina Schement, Terry Curtis; Chapter 10 Is the United States Becoming an Information Economy?, William J. Baumol, Sue Anne Batey Blackman, Edward N. Wolff; Part 3 Social and Personal Consequences; Chapter 11 Daniel Bell and the Post-industrial Society, Malcolm Waters; Chapter 12 Planning for an Uncertain Future, Simon Nora, Alain Minc; Chapter 13 Employment in the Information Society; Chapter 14 The White-Collar Body in History, Shoshana Zuboff; Chapter 15 Toward an Ecology of Knowledge, Charles Rosenberg;
