Turbulence in the American Workplace

by Doeringer, Peter B.; Christensen, Kathleen; Flynn, Patricia M.; Hall, Douglas T.; Katz, Harry C.; Keefe, Jeffrey H.; Ruhm, Christopher J.; Sum, Andrew M.; Useem, Michael

• ISBN13: 9780195064612
• ISBN10: 0195064615
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1991-01-31
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Turbulence--rapid and sometimes tumultuous changes--has characterized the labor markets of the 1970's and 1980's. Turbulent competitive conditions have cut sharply into profits and have forced downsizings and radical readjustments in America's workplaces. Workplace turbulence has resulted in lost jobs, declining incomes, and falling productivity for American labor. From the perspectives of business and labor, turbulence and its consequences is the key human resources issue for the last part of the twentieth century. In Turbulence in the American Workplace , a distinguished group of experts forcefully and convincingly argue that the human resources capacity of the private sector is the first line of defense against turbulence and is of equal importance to public sector education and training programs. The authors--including Kathleen Christensen, Patricia M. Flynn, Douglas T. Hall, Harry C. Katz, Jeffrey H. Keefe, Christopher J. Ruhm, Andrew M. Sum, and Michael Useem--effectively demonstrate how global competition, deregulation, and technological change are creating hard choices for employers that will alter both the living standards of workers and the performance of American industry in the coming decades. This illuminating work will be of significant value to business school faculty, corporate strategic planners, and general managers, as well as students and professionals interested in the areas of public policy, industrial relations, education, and labor studies.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. v
Preface	p. vii
Authors	p. xiii
Workplace Turbulence and Workforce Preparedness	p. 1
Turbulence and the Labor Force	p. 15
Labor Market Turbulence and the Labor Market Experience of Young Adults	p. 17
Labor Displacement in the United States	p. 46
Labor Market Turbulence and the Older Worker	p. 64
Turbulence and Workplace Adjustment	p. 103
The LIfe-Cycle Model for Managing Technological Change	p. 105
Industrial Restructuring and Human Resource Preparedness in Unionized Settings	p. 124
The Two-Tiered Workforce in U.S. Corporations	p. 140
Restructuring Managerial and Professional Work in Large Corporations	p. 156
Business Restructuring and Strategic Human Resource Development	p. 179
Public and Private Policies	p. 201
Preparing the Future Workforce: A Labor-Management Consensus	p. 203
Appendix National Planning Association	p. 215
References	p. 219
Author Index	p. 245
Subject Index	p. 251
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