Rise of the Knowledge Worker

Zusatztext James Cortada has amassed a collection of articles on this topic by historians! sociologists and economists. . .-Beyond Computing Informationen zum Autor James W. Cortada Klappentext A collection of essays which gives the reader an historical perspective on the fastest growing sector of the work force: knowledge workers. These 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. Zusammenfassung A collection of essays which gives the reader an historical perspective on the fastest growing sector of the work force: knowledge workers. These 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis A New Profession is Born: The Knowledge Worker * Recognition of the New Professions * Social and Personal Consequences

Summary

A collection of essays which gives the reader an historical perspective on the fastest growing sector of the work force: knowledge workers. These 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.

Product details

• Authors: James Cortada, James W. Cortada, Cortada James
• Assisted by: James W. Cortada (Editor)
• Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.07.1998
• EAN: 9780750670586
• ISBN: 978-0-7506-7058-6
• No. of pages: 264
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Industrien und Branchenstudien, Business & Economics / General, Soziologie: Arbeit und Beruf, Wirtschaftsmathematik und -informatik, IT-Management, HISTORY / Social History, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management, Knowledge Management, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Business Mathematics, Social and cultural history, Production & quality control management, Sociology: work and labour, Production and quality control management, Business mathematics and systems