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This reader combines empirically groundedinsights into how changes in work toolsaffect our work and how we react to it. Itoffers a hands-on approach to discoveringthe impacts digitalization might haveon qualification and the labor market.Work tools can be used to link analyticalperspectives to investigate the effects ofdigitalization on workplaces and employment,to understand the demand for specificcompetences within occupations, and also toarrive at a workspace-specific understandingof these changes.
List of contents
Robert Helmrich and Michael Tiemann - Introduction: Work Tool 4.001 - Odyssey on the Labour Market
Betül Güntürk-Kuhl, Anna Cristin Lewalder, and Philipp Martin - Taxonomy of Tools at BIBB
Stefan Kessler - Changing Requirements in the Skills of Bankers: The Role of Work Tools and the Role of Learning
Seppo Tuomivaara, Arja Ala-Laurinaho, and Pia Perttula - Digitalization Fosters Continuous Reinvention of IT Systems and Work Processes in Network of Organizations
Sabrina Weller, Felix Lukowski, and Myriam Baum - Digital Work Tools and Tasks: Firm-Level Evidence from Germany
Gunilla Widén and Muhaimin Karim - Information Literacy in the Digital Workplace
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About the author
Robert Helmrich is Head of the Qualifications, Occupational Integration and Employment Division at the Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB), Germany.His research
topics are qualification development, occupational structures, new technologies and production processes, labour market forecasts.
Michael Tiemann is research associate at Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB), Germany. His research topics are the effects of digitalization on the labour market, knowledge in work, and employment surveys.
