America and the new economy : how new competitive standards are radically changing American workplaces
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America and the new economy : how new competitive standards are radically changing American workplaces
（The Jossey-Bass management series）
Jossey-Bass, 1991
1st ed
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-255) and index
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Description
The author looks behind the demographics and economic statistics that characterize most discussions about America's place in the global economy to reveal a new set of market standards that should guide successful competition. Demonstrating that productivity by itself is no longer sufficient to assure success, the author calls upon American organizations to meet the increasing demand for quality, variety, customization, convenience, and rapid delivery of products and services. The text attempts to show how these new competitive standards are changing the real economy: the actual organizations, people, jobs and technologies that make up the American workplace. Arguing that economic growth is fuelled by learning - through inquiry, innovation, and investment - Carnevale presents state-of-the-art management practices for encouraging employees' desire to learn and for building networks within and between companies to increase flexibility and foster rapid dissemination and application of new ideas and technologies. He identifies the employee skills - such as problem solving and communication - necessary to achieve the new market standards.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 The new competitive reality: discovering the new market standards
- six standards of success - how America measures up
- dynamics of technical change and the new economic cycle. Part 2 People and organizations in the new economy: new structures that link organizations, industries, and markets
- competitive prospects in critical industries. Part 3 Job and skill demands in the new economy: the changing quantity, distribution, and quality of jobs
- the increasing need for complex and wide-ranging job skills
- sixteen job skills crucial to success. Part 4 Strategies for competitive success: organizational strategies for meeting the new competitive standards
- continuous learning - the cornerstone of economic progress. Conclusion: challenges facing America in the new economy.
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