Viewpoint: death of the knowledge worker

Abstract

One of the many concerns in the information area in the early 1980s was how the implementation of technology would change the way we work. In the 1990s the feeling is will we work! This paper examines the current dilemma that technology has presented to the knowledge worker. The players in this scenario are the knowledge workers, unions, both public and private, and outsourcing. It is said that to try to restrict the flow of work in the name of saving jobs in the USA is futile. The author believes that perhaps this is an area that requires further study. In this discussion the author concludes that the fate of the knowledge worker is not in the hands of Divine Providence, but in the political arena.

Citation

Cardinali, R. (1998), "Viewpoint: death of the knowledge worker", Logistics Information Management, Vol. 11 No. 3, pp. 156-159. https://doi.org/10.1108/09576059810218946