1st Edition

The Challenge Of New Technology

By David Simpson, Jim Love, Jim Walker Copyright 1988
    159 Pages
    by Routledge

    159 Pages
    by Routledge

    This book looks at what has actually happened when new technology has been deployed in an industrial and commercial environment. It considers the economic impact of new technology on three groups of organisations: firms, governments and trade unions.

    Preface -- Introduction -- Introduction -- Competitiveness -- Effects of New Technology -- Material Effects -- Effects of New Technology on Firms and Industries -- Effects on Trade Unions and Government Administration -- Effects of New Technology on Numbers of Jobs -- Effects of New Technology on Skills -- Challenges -- Challenges to Firms -- Challenges To Government -- Challenges to Trade Unions -- Conclusions

    Biography

    David Simpson, Jim Love, Jim Walker