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Workforce
About: Workforce is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 32140 publications have been published within this topic receiving 449850 citations. The topic is also known as: labour force & labor force.
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01 Jan 2018
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore what needs to be done by educators and businesses to help these new ideas to flourish and explore the need to adapt to the future skills and employment needs in a way that exploits the opportunity that these developments bring and to do so in a sustainable way.
Abstract: In this paper we explore what needs to be done by educators and businesses to help these new ideas to flourish.
It’s hard to imagine what the future workforce looks like, such is the rate of change we will inevitably experience through advances in technology. And yet, hard as it is, much effort is spent on predicting what the world will look like for the employers and employees of tomorrow, whether that’s imagining the volume and types of jobs that will be made redundant by the rapid development of robots and AI, or the percentage of school-age children who will be working in jobs that don’t currently exist. (The estimate is 65%1.) The
significant issue here is the need to be able to adapt to the future skills and employment needs in a way that exploits the opportunity that these developments bring and to do so in a sustainable way.
Likewise, a great deal of thought has been put into the
definition of skills needed for the future: 21st century skills. Much commentary has been offered in scholarly journals, in blog posts, and in magazine articles. Thoughts have been put forward by those in industry, by those in government, and by those involved in the educational sphere. Indeed, some – IBM in particular – have heralded the dawn of “new collar” jobs.2 For the interests of this paper, we are using the definitions found in the paper prepared by the World Economic Forum in collaboration with the Boston Consulting Group New Vision for Education:Fostering Social and Emotional Learning through Technology.3
The graphic on the following page represents those
competencies and character qualities that are essential for
the future workforce as laid down in this ‘new vision’.
477 citations
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TL;DR: This paper describes how the Iloc compiler, the version-control tracking system used for space station software, and the document interoperability system were developed and maintained.
Abstract: Experience 1991–present Research Programmer, Rice University • Developed and maintain the Iloc compiler • Support the research activities of graduate students, postdocs, and researchers 1988-1991 Programmer and Technical Lead, Planning Research Coporation, as a subcontractor with Nasa’s Space Station Program • Maintained the document interoperability system • Developed the version-control tracking system used for space station software
470 citations
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01 Sep 2004
TL;DR: This report, Missing Persons: Minorities in the Health Professions, examines the root causes of this challenge and provides detailed recommendations on how to increase the representation of minorities in the nation's medical, dental, and nursing workforce.
Abstract: There is an imbalance in the makeup of the nation’s physicians, dentists, and nurses. This imbalance contributes to the gap in health status and the impaired access to health care experienced by a significant portion of our population. The Sullivan Commission on Diversity in the Healthcare Workforce finds that African Americans, Hispanics, American Indians, and certain segments of the nation’s Asian/Pacific Islander population are not present in significant numbers. Rather, they are missing! While some outstanding physicians, dentists, and nurses are minorities, access to a health professions career remains largely separate and unequal. This report, Missing Persons: Minorities in the Health Professions, examines the root causes of this challenge and provides detailed recommendations on how to increase the representation of minorities in the nation’s medical, dental, and nursing workforce.
466 citations
TL;DR: In the past four decades, the number of U.S. households with a stay-at-home parent has sharply declined as women have increasingly entered the paid workforce and more women raise children as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: In the past four decades, the number of U.S. American households with a stay-at-home parent has sharply declined as women have increasingly entered the paid workforce and more women raise children ...
464 citations
TL;DR: This article reviewed empirical research and theory on the relationship between workforce diversity and organizational performance, and outlined practical steps HR practitioners can take to manage diversity initiatives successfully and enhance the positive outcomes, and suggested several conditions necessary and sufficient conditions for diversity initiatives to succeed and reap organizational benefits.
Abstract: Research findings from industrial and organizational psychology and other disciplines cast doubt on the simple assertion that a diverse workforce inevitably improves business performance. Instead, research and theory suggest several conditions necessary to manage diversity initiatives successfully and reap organizational benefits. This article reviews empirical research and theory on the relationship between workforce diversity and organizational performance and outlines practical steps HR practitioners can take to manage diversity initiatives successfully and enhance the positive outcomes. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
462 citations