INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND EMPLOYMENT: SOME NOTES ON THE USE OF MODELLING TECHNIQUES AS A RESEARCH TOOL

Bessant, John

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Author(s): John Bessant

Publication date (Print): December 1984

Journal: Prometheus

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Keywords: employment, information technology, macroeconomic models, input-output models, microelectronics, Austria

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This paper presents a brief review of the use of macroeconomic models in research on the employment implications of information technology. It makes particular reference to the Austrian study, Microelectronics: Applications, Diffusion and Effects in Austria. The major conclusion is that whilst such models have a value, this is dependent on assumptions made about how technology is used rather than simply upon levels of usage or rates of diffusion. It concludes with a consideration of the applicability of such techniques in the future case of advanced and integrated systems in manufacturing and the service sector.

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Title: Prometheus

Subtitle: Critical Studies in Innovation

Publisher: Pluto Journals

ISSN (Print): 0810-9028

ISSN (Electronic): 1470-1030

Publication date (Print): December 1984

Volume: 2

Issue: 2

Pages: 176-189

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DOI: 10.1080/08109028408629566

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Dempsey P.. 1983. . “New corporate perspectives in FMS. ”. In Proceedings of FMS-2 . , p. 3––18. . Bedford : : IFS Publications. .

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[1] Simon H.. 1977. . What computers mean for man and society. . Science . , Vol. 195:: 1186––1191. .

[2] Bell D.. 1979. . “The social framework of the information society. ”. In The Computer Age — a Twenty Year View . , Edited by: Dertouzos M. and Moses J.. p. 163––211. . Cambridge, Mass. : : MIT Press. .

[3] Hines C. and Searle G.. 1979. . Automatic Unemployment . , London : : Earth Resources Research. .

[4] Jenkins C. and Sherman B.. 1979. . The Collapse of Work . , London : : Eyre Methuen. .

[5] Sleigh J.. 1979. . The Manpower Implications of Microelectronics Technology . , London : : HMSO. .

[6] Braun E. and Senker P.. 1982. . New Technology and Employment . , London : : Manpower Services Commission. .

[7] Nora S. and Minc A.. 1980. . The Computerisation of Society . , Cambridge, Mass. : : MIT Press. .

[8] Committee of Inquiry into Technological Change in Australia (Myers Report). . 1980. . Technological Change in Australia . , Canberra : : Australian Government Publishing Service. .

[9] 1981. . Microelectronics and Employment . , The Hague, The Netherlands : : Government Publishing Office. .

[10] Trades Union Congress. . 1979. . Employment and Technology . , London : : TUC. .

[11] Evans J.. 1979. . The Impact of Microelectronics on Employment in Western Europe . , Brussels : : European Trade Union Institute. .

[12] European Pool of Studies. . 1982. . Social Change and Technology in Europe . , Brussels : : EEC. .

[13] APEX. . 1979. . Office Technology — the Trade Union Response . , London : : Association of Professional and Executive Staffs. .

[14] ASTMS. . 1979. . Technological Change and Collective Bargaining . London :

[15] OECD. . 1980. . Microelectronics, Productivity and Employment . , Paris : : OECD. .

[16] ISI. . 1980. . Auswirkungen der Mikroelektronik auf die Bayerische Wirtschaft . , Karlsruhe : : Institut fur Systemtechnik und Innovationsforschung. .

[17] Cole S. and Chichilnisky G.. 1980. . Technology, Domestic Distribution and North-South Relations . , New York : : UNITAR. .

[18] Green K., Coombs R. and Holroyd K.. 1980. . The Effects of Microelectronics Technology on Employment Prospects: a Case Study of Thameside . , Aldershot : : Gower Press. .

[19] EOC. . 1982. . New Technology and Women's Employment . , Liverpool : : Equal Opportunities Commission. .

[20] Senker P.. 1980. . Microelectronics and the Engineering Industry — the Need for Skills . , London : : Frances Pinter. .

[21] Leontief W.. 1982. . The distribution of work and income. . Scientific American . , Vol. 247((3)): 152––164. .

[22] OIW/OAW. . 1981. . Mikroelektronik: Anwendungen, Verbreitung und Auswirkungen am Beispiel Österrichs . , Vienna : : Springer Verlag. .

[24] Fleissner P.. 1983. . Quantitative Aspects of the Austrian Study on Employment and Technology . , Vienna : : IIASA. .

[25] Leontief W.. op. cit.

[26] Leontief W.. p. 164 op. cit.

[27] Bessant J.. 1984. . Technological and Market Trends in Information Technology, 1982/83 . , Vienna : : UNIDO. .

[28] Wilkinson B.. 1983. . The Shopfloor Politics of New Technology . , London : : Heinemann. .

[29] Sorge A.. 1982. . Unity and diversity of work under CNC’, Proceedings of EEC Conference on Information Technology — Impact on the Way of Life . , Dublin. .

[30] Boddy D. and Buchanan D.. 1983. . Organisations in the Computer Age . , Aldershot : : Gower Press. .

[31] Bessant J. and Dickson K.. 1982. . “Determinism or design? ”. In Design 82 . , p. 161––174. . Rugby : : Institution of Chemical Engineers. .

[32] Winch G.. 1984. . Making IT: Case Studies in Information Technology in Manufacturing Industry . , London : : Rossendale. .

[33] op. cit.

[34] IMF. . 1979. . Effects of Modern Technology on Workers .

[35] Mandeville T. and Macdonald S.. 1983. . “Information technology and employment levels. ”. In The Trouble with Technology . , Edited by: Macdonald S.. p. 169––178. . London : : Frances Pinter. .

[36] Steffens J.. 1983. . The Electronic Office . , London : : Policy Studies Institute. .

[37] Steffens J.. 1983. . “Clearing banks create 3300 jobs despite technology. ”. In Financial Times . p. 8

[38] Braun E.. 1981. . Constellations for manufacturing innovation. . Omega . , Vol. 9((3)): 247––253. .

[39] Bessant J. and Dickson K.. op. cit.

[40] Arnold E.. 1983. . “Designing the Future. ”. In Report to the Engineering Industries Training Board . , London : : EITB. .

[41] Denzin N.. 1970. . The Research Act in Sociology . , Chicago : : Aldine. .

[42] Mandeville T., Macdonald S. and Lamberton D.. 1981. . The fortune-teller's new clothes — a critical appraisal of IMPACT'S technological change projections to 1990/91. . Search . , Vol. 11((1/2)): 14––17. .

[43] Kaplinsky R.. 1984. . Automation — the Technology . , London : : Longmans. .

[44] Dempsey P.. 1983. . “New corporate perspectives in FMS. ”. In Proceedings of FMS-2 . , p. 3––18. . Bedford : : IFS Publications. .

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