Job skills at the flashpoint of economic, technical and organizational change

Abstract

Contents: 1. Point of departure and problem definition; 2. On the growing complexity and unpredictability of the change in occupational skills; 3. The reduced causal impact of technology; 4. Organizational and qualificational change: the implications of "functional flexibilization" for skill requirements at staff and management level; 4.1 "Numerical" and "functional" flexibilization; 4.2 Consequences of the flattening of hierarchies and the delegation of responsibilities; 4.3 Total quality thinking and active problem-solving; 4.4 Job enlargement; 4. 5 Team empowerment; 4.6 The increasing "extravertedness" and "client orientation" of modern organizations; 4.7 Concentration on "core competences" and "outsourcing"; Appendix: Empirical frequency of flexibilization measures in Swiss companies; Literature.