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WORK AND EMPLOYMENT
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THE CHANGING NATURE OF WORK INTRODUCTION A range of commentators now accept that there have been considerable changes in the nature of work in contemporary society. Ransome (1999: 50) notes that all economic relationships are circumscribed by the wider, social political and cultural context within which they take place. In order to understand properly the nature of economic relationships it is also necessary to understand the complex ways in which these various contexts interact with one another. Current changes in work can be attributed to a combination of factors:- (Ransome 1999: 6) 1. Widespread restructuring and re-organization of industry 2. The development of powerful technologies 3. The displacements of established patterns of work by new occupations and new ways of working 4. Important changes in the composition and distribution of the workforce 5. New pressures from the increasingly global character of economic planning and practice. To examine changes in the nature of work we need to understand...
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