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The impact of technological change on jobs and workforce structures
Mini Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2017.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/64525 The impact of technological change on jobs and workforce structures Wocke, Albert ichelp@gibs.co.za Bezuidenhout, Chandon UCTD Technological change Future of jobs Automation Workforce structure Mini Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2017. Significant advancement in technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine-learning, and robotics has sparked broad debate amongst economists, futurists, and current business leaders regarding the future of jobs. The purpose of this research was to determine the impact of technological change on jobs and workforce structures. The study involved a structured collection, classification, and analysis of secondary data. It aimed to (i) determine a relationship between futures and labour economics literature, (ii) identify occupational groups with higher susceptibility to job automation, and (iii) project changes in workforce structure for various industries. This study found that there is alignment between predicted probabilities of job automation and parameters of task routineness and task complexity from the routine-task-biased and complex-task biased technological change models. Routine-simple occupations are more susceptible to job automation, followed closely by nonroutine-simple occupations. Complex occupations are least susceptible. Stratum I occupations were more susceptible to job automation than occupations in higher strata of workThe projected change in workforce structures is highest for large hierarchical industries such as machine bureaucracies and divisionalised forms (Type 1 and 2 industries). Technological change will bring about both productivity improvements and technological anxiety. Business in affected industries must develop appropriate innovation and workforce strategies to manage this disruption. Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) MBA Unrestricted 2018-04-12T12:22:57Z 2018-04-12T12:22:57Z 2017 2017 Mini Dissertation Bezuidenhout, C 2017, The impact of technological change on jobs and workforce structures, MBA Mini Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/64525> http://hdl.handle.net/2263/64525 en © 2018 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Technological change Future of jobs Automation Workforce structure The impact of technological change on jobs and workforce structures |
| title | The impact of technological change on jobs and workforce structures |
| title_full | The impact of technological change on jobs and workforce structures |
| title_fullStr | The impact of technological change on jobs and workforce structures |
| title_full_unstemmed | The impact of technological change on jobs and workforce structures |
| title_short | The impact of technological change on jobs and workforce structures |
| title_sort | impact of technological change on jobs and workforce structures |
| topic | UCTD Technological change Future of jobs Automation Workforce structure |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/64525 |