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Download full textvan Loo, Jasper B. – Online Submission, 2007
HRD is extensively concerned with human capital investment, but only focuses on how skills and knowledge become obsolete to a limited extent. In this paper we look at the speed of obsolescence. Using data from a survey among Dutch public sector employees, we find that the yearly rate of skills obsolescence is 2.6%. Subsequent analyses show that…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Skill Obsolescence, Educational Attainment, Education Work Relationship
Arvey, Richard D.; Fossum, John A. – 1985
It has been suggested that older workers may be particuarly vulnerable to the obsolescence process. One definition of obsolescence directly implies that the obsolescence construct is a function of two elements, the job and the person. New technologies, new products, and new methods and procedures can result in job changes which in turn can compel…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Job Skills, Job Training, Motivation
Rumberger, Russell – 1984
Two myths about high technology are that it will be the primary source of new jobs and that it will vastly upgrade the skill requirements of jobs. Evidence does not support these myths. Most new jobs will not be in high tech fields, and technology will reduce the skill requirements. The Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts that high tech…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Educational Responsibility, Employment Projections, Job Development
Joseph, Earl C. – 1984
A futurist addresses two questions concerning world peace and the implications of using robots. In the section on peace (part 1), recommendations for world peace include: (1) implementing peace education as a mandatory part of education; (2) establishing a Department of Peace in each country to create a societal infrastructure for implementing…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Change Strategies, Employment Opportunities, Futures (of Society)
Bendick, Marc, Jr. – 1982
Undertrained workers, not dislocated workers, are the real problem in the American economy. The vast majority of the workers affected by structural change in the American economy appear to make employment transitions fairly swiftly and smoothly, with no need for public intervention. Undertrained workers, mostly employed and scattered in all…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Adults, Career Change, Career Education
Noyelle, Thierry – 1989
This paper summarizes a comparative study of the impact of market and technological changes on human resources in banks and insurance companies in five countries: France, Germany, Japan, Sweden, and the United States. The research was organized around case studies of changes in 12 firms--9 banks and 3 insurance carriers. The paper discusses the…
Descriptors: Automation, Banking, Clerical Occupations, Corporate Education
