Rise of the Knowledge Worker / Edition 1

by James Cortada

Overview

A generation of magnificent scholars, from Peter Drucker to Jack Welch, have taught us that understanding business issues and the profound changes the world's economy is undergoing makes sense if set in historical context. Today the best managers in the world demand to know how things came to be as they are. This collection of essays is designed to give the reader an historical perspective on the fastest growing sector of the work force: knowledge workers. The 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.


The readings in this volume come from a variety of sources not normally looked at by managers and business executives. There are reports from historians, sociologists, academics, and economic experts. Each chapter begins with a brief introduction on the material, its significance, and something about the context in which it was written, including brief biographical comments on the author. The Rise of the Knowledge Worker is intended for business people, managers, leaders, government employees, and students.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780750670586
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/17/1998
Series:	Knowledge Reader Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	264
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

A New Profession is Born: The Knowledge Worker * Recognition of the New Professions * Social and Personal Consequences

Editorial Reviews

James Cortada has amassed a collection of articles on this topic by historians, sociologists and economists. . .
-Beyond Computing

From the Publisher

This fascinating book traces the history and evolution of the "knowledge worker," a term coined to describe employees in the Information Age who do mental as opposed to manual labor, and provides insights and conjecture as to the future role of such workers. Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.

Library Journal

Fifteen chapters by historians, sociologist, economists, and other academics seek to explain the historical processes of the growth of the numbers of people working with data and ideas. Among the topics discussed are: Daniel Bell's origination of the notion of post- industrial society, the form of the American middle class, the role of gender in the business professions, librarians, the rise of the information economy, and government policy towards information. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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