Authors: Martin J. Medhurst. Alberto Gonzalez. Tarla Rai Peterson.
Hardcover, 285 pages
Publisher: Washington State Univ Pr
Publication Date: 1990-05

Authors: Charles E. Grantham.
Hardcover, 224 pages
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
Publication Date: 1999-11-26
Edition: 1

Reviews :

    A new social psychology is developing in today's workplace that is no longer bound by time, place, or traditional roles. The notion of where a corporation starts and stops is going to be very different in the future," so said Robert Walker, CIO of Hewlett-Packard. This visionary book points a compelling portrait of how the new workplace that is already taking shape is creating a new framework for the way people think about--and act at--work, whether at home, in a satellite office, or corporate headquarters. It draws on the cutting-edge research of the Institute for the Study of Distributed Work, the leading international think tank on virtual workplaces and other trends in the workplace of tomorrow. For anyone interested in the sociology and psychology of the workplace, this book will help frame the questions that must be asked now. It explores how the current moves toward the virtual corporation, the technological consolidation of traditional job functions, and the growth in part-time employment will continue to change the relationship between the workers and their jobs around the world....

Authors: Yorick Blumenfeld.
Paperback, 112 pages
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Publication Date: 2000-01


Reviews :

    Yorick Blumenfeld, General Editor of the Prospects for Tomorrow series, offers a provocative glimpse into the daily life of a thriving inner-city community a hundred years from now. He imagines a better world, not a perfect one, and provides an impressionistic panorama of what such a Eutopia might offer the average citizen in 2099. Thanks to the technological wonders of AI (Artificial Intelligence) counselors, smart robots, and "improved" babies, ordinary human beings will still have to cope, but with far less stress than they do today. In this challenging narrative, the ravages of a money-driven market have been left far behind and replaced with a viable credit system that enhances stability rather than growth and eliminates the glaring inequalities of capitalism. This book, one of the last utopian tracts of the century, presents a broad perspective on one possible future. 2099 will encourage readers to consider the vast potential of different plausible futures in the next millennium....

Authors: MORRIS-SUZUKI.
Hardcover, 280 pages
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication Date: 1988-01-04
Edition: 1

Authors: Cynthia G. Wagner.
Paperback, 440 pages
Publisher: World Future Society
Publication Date: 2005-07


Reviews :

    More than 30 outstanding essays cover a broad range of insightful forecasts, inspiring outlooks, and leading-edge futuring techniques. Topics include breakthrough research in nanomedicine, strategies for feeding the world's hungry, dynamic solutions to help organizations prepare for the future, and the new insights into the conflict between science and religion--and ways to resolve it. Among the 36 distinguished contributors are environmental scholar Norman Myers, noted scientist William Sims Bainbridge, and agricultural economist Lester R. Brown....

Authors: Tsugio Makimoto. David Manners.
Paperback, 256 pages
Publisher: Wiley
Publication Date: 1997-12


Reviews :

    Digital Nomad tells us how current and future technological possibilities, combined with our natural urge to travel, will once again allow mankind to live, work, and exist on the move. This is what just some of the world s major company leaders and thinkers are saying about Digital Nomad.

"The book provides us with a deep insight into the lifestyle in the future" Kazuo Kashio, President, Casio Computer

"The book is fun to read and the technical content is sound and perceptive" John G. Linvill, Professor of Electronic Engineering at Stanford University, California

"This book answers the question What is the value of information for human beings? " Hiroo Toyoda, Chairman (former President), NTT Electronics

"From a new perspective, based on fact, two famous authors describe a dramatic lifestyle change: global nomadism" Jurgen Knorr, President, Siemens Semiconductors, 1983 96 ("for 13 years one of those Digital Nomads")

"Success in 21st century business will indeed depend on the ability to master the nomadic environment. A guide to this emerging world is therefore highly welcome" Pasquale Pistorio, President and CEO, SGS-Thomson Microelectronics

"At heart we are travellers and explorers, unnaturally constrained to our place of work. This book s unique insight into modern technology shows how we can be freed to roam again" Doug Dunn OBE, Chairman and CEO, Phillips Sound and Vision...

    New digital technologies promise to enable large numbers of people to work wherever and whenever they wish and to choose between a stationary or nomadic lifestyle. In Digital Nomad, Makimoto and Manners explore the new potential for modern nomadism, beginning with the technology that is making it possible. They cite some examples of current nomads, such as the president of a major European technology company who does not have the traditional perk of the president's office. Instead, he spends his workweek traveling around Europe from one company site to the next. Digital technology has made it more economical and efficient for the company to work this way. But the authors point out that there is more to nomadism than the technical ability. They discuss how nomads tend to be difficult to track, making them difficult to tax and control. Many governments see nomads as threats and some governments are currently discouraging nomadic lifestyles that have existed for thousands of years. How will world governments react then to those who opt for a high-tech nomadic life? The authors also discuss what parts of the world may be most attractive to tomorrow's digital nomads, speculating on how future technological developments may further enhance the ability to live and work on the go. It's debatable if many people really want a life with no physical roots, but Makimoto and Manners's speculations read like a dream come true for those who'd love more variety in their work lives....

Authors: Jens Rubart.
Paperback, 209 pages
Publisher: Springer
Publication Date: 2007-05-18
Edition: 1

Reviews :

   

The labor markets of important OECD countries show a similar picture: high wages and low unemployment for skilled workers and low wages but high unemployment for low-skilled workers. During the last 10 years this fact has been studied under the hypothesis of "skill-biased technological change" within the context of endogenous growth models. Recent research, however, has shown that the employment and wage differentials vary at business cycle frequencies.This book provides an empirical and theoretical examination of the short- and medium run impacts of technological advances on the employment and wages of workers which differ in their earned educational degree. Furthermore, by introducing labor market frictions and wage setting institutions the author shows the importance of such imperfections in order to replicate empirical facts. Due to the introduction of employment protection mechanisms and minimum wages the analysis accounts for key facts of continental European labor markets.

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Authors: Barry Jones.
Paperback, 304 pages
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Publication Date: 1996-04-18


Reviews :

    Australia--like Europe and the United States--is passing through a post-industrial revolution. Manufacturing continues to decline. Increasingly, we live in an information-based economy. Sleepers, Wake!, an enduring bestseller first published in 1982 and now available in a revised and updated fourth edition, confronts the challenges posed by science and technology and by Australia's changing economic position. Barry Jones, the former Australian Minister for Science and current National President of the Australian Labor Party, draws on the latest data to alert readers to the need to confront key issues associated with post-industrial and information revolutions. He examines the contraction of the manufacturing industry and the rise of service employment, especially in information services. Sleepers, Wake! assesses the dilemmas and outlines a political programme to ensure that society profits from the technological revolution.

This new edition of Sleepers, Wake! includes the 1991 Commonwealth census returns--striking confirmation of Barry Jones's thesis about revolutionary changes in the labor force. Sleepers, Wake! remains a landmark book, offering controversial analysis and ideas on issues shaping our lives: threats to human capacity, changing perceptions of work, relationships and society....

Authors:
Paperback, 430 pages
Publisher: The MIT Press
Publication Date: 1998-10-16


Reviews :

    How will low-income communities be affected by the waves of social, economic, political, and cultural change that surround the new information technologies? How can we influence the outcome? This action-oriented book identifies the key issues, explores the evidence, and suggests some answers. Avoiding both utopianism and despair, the book presents the voices of technology enthusiasts and skeptics, as well as social activists.

The book is organized into three parts. Part I examines the issues in their socio-technical, economic, and historical contexts. Part II—the core of the book—proposes five initiatives for using computers and electronic communications to benefit low-income urban communities:

- to provide access to the new technologies in ways that enable low-income people to become active producers rather than passive users;

- to use the new technologies to improve the dialogue between public agencies and low-income neighborhoods;

- to help low-income youth to exploit the entrepreneurial potential of information technologies;

- to develop approaches to education that take advantage of the educational capabilities of the computer;

- to promote the community computer: applications of computers and communications technology that foster community development.

Part III presents a synthesis of the various topics. Its main questions are, What are the prospects and problems of initiatives to enable the poor to benefit from the new technologies? and What federal, state, and municipal policies would enhance the prospects for success?

Contributors: Alice Amsden, Jeanne Bamberger, Anne Beamish, Manuel Castells, Joseph Ferreira, Peter Hall, Leo Marx, William J. Mitchell, Mitchel Resnick, Bish Sanyal, Donald A. Schön, Alan and Michelle Shaw, Michael Shiffer, Bruno Tardieu, Sherry Turkle, Julian Wolpert...

Authors: Shirley Williams.
Paperback, 256 pages
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Publication Date: 1987-02-03