Workforce 2020: Work and Workers in the 21st CenturyThe sequel to "Workforce 2000," this book lays out the general contours of the employment landscape depicting the many roads to "Workforce 2020" and offers the best ideas about what lies ahead and what workers should do to prepare for the journey. Chapter 1 examines the forces shaping the U.S. economy: rapid technological change; further global integration of the economy; rapid economic growth in certain developing nations; deregulation and liberalization, both nationally and globally; and demographic change. Chapter 2 discusses the following: how and why the nature of work is changing; the growing irrelevance of gender in the workplace; the extent to which job security is decreasing; the increase in temporary employment; the shift away from work in traditional offices made possible by "telecommuting" alterations in earning patterns; and emerging changes in occupational structure. Chapter 3 focuses on change in the composition of the work force. It examines the growth and aging of the total population; the resultant growth and aging of the work force; and the gradual ethnic diversification of both population and work force. Chapter 4 provides a list of what not to do, general recommendations to building a prosperous and dynamic Workforce 2020. Notes and an index are provided. (YLB) |
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Executive Summary | 1 |
The Forces Shaping the American Economy | 11 |
Diminishing Monopoly and Intensifying Competition | 40 |
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