This paper is aimed to investigate general trends and patterns of the effects of microelectronics on the quantity and quality of work in the advanced countries. The contents are constrctured as follows ;
Chapter 1 deals with introduction.
Chapter 2 ...
This paper is aimed to investigate general trends and patterns of the effects of microelectronics on the quantity and quality of work in the advanced countries. The contents are constrctured as follows ;
Chapter 1 deals with introduction.
Chapter 2 outlines the perspectives of economic sociology which have been developed to analyse technologial change at work.
Chapter 3 examines the diffusion of ME and changes on the quality of work. it concentrates specifically on technological effects of lebour process at workplace level, in particular the influence of ME on changes in work tasks, skills, job contents, work organisation and the way in which labour-management are negotiating each other.
Chapter 5 draws together the arguments and findings in previous chapters.
In short, First, it is necessary to explore not only quantum of work, but also its quality to understand the labour problems of ME.
Secondly, findings of a number of case studies suggest that similar changes, namely the importance of the role of Joint Consultation Participation and Cooperation are gradually growing in a considerable number of industries to solve its labour problems.
Thus, the ways to solve labour problems will be opened only when the labour and management are able to make the cooperative culture of rationalisation with their great effort of will to cope with new era of microelectronics.