Productivity and Job Security: Retraining to Adapt to Technological Change.

Institution	National Center for Productivity and Quality of Working Life, Washington, DC.
Titel	Productivity and Job Security: Retraining to Adapt to Technological Change.
Quelle	(1977), (114 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Adult Education; Case Studies; City Government; Employer Employee Relationship; Employment Problems; Improvement; Industrial Training; Information Dissemination; Job Layoff; Job Security; Job Skills; Job Training; Labor Force; Labor Force Development; On the Job Training; Productivity; Retraining; Skill Obsolescence; Technological Advancement; Tenure; Training Methods; Training Objectives; Vocational Adjustment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Beschäftigungssituation; Qualitätssteigerung; Betriebliche Berufsausbildung; Gewerblich-industrielle Ausbildung; Industriebetriebslehre; Informationsverbreitung; Beurlaubung; Arbeitsplatzsicherheit; Produktive Fertigkeit; Berufsqualifizierender Bildungsgang; Labour force; Arbeitskraft; Erwerbsbevölkerung; Arbeitskräftebestand; Training-on-the-Job; Produktivität; Umschulung; Technological development; Technologische Entwicklung; Amtszeit; Beschäftigungsdauer; Didaktik; Trainingsmaßnahme; Training objectiv; Ausbildungsziel; Trainingsziel; Personalanpassung
Abstract	This report, the first of a series on productivity and job security, presents five case studies to illustrate retraining to achieve worker's adjustment to technology. The first of seven chapters addresses the following issues: the availability of job training/retraining data, the desirability of informing workers in advance of technological change, advantages/disadvantages of training methods, and the general effectiveness of retraining to assure job security. The first case study, presented in chapter 2, discusses the removal of foundry worker's apprehensions about moving into a new foundry through on-the-job training (OJT) and assurances that job declines would be met through attrition. Chapter 3 examines a case in which single craft mechanics were transformed to multicraft personnel through OJT and home study. The fourth chapter contains a case in which graphic arts innovations and employer attitudes resulted in mature worker's layoffs. Chapter 5 discusses the use of simulation to upgrade welders' skills. Chapter 6 recounts a case in which Detroit retrained building inspectors. The importance of continuing education and training are emphasized in chapter 7. This final chapter formulates policy implications and suggests that efforts to achieve high productivity through technology is generally accepted by unions provided companies pursue a job security policy. (Other reports in this series are also available--see note.) (CSS)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01