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[REPORT SUMMARY] Information society, work, and the generation of new forms of social exclusion: Alternative paths into the information economy and policy learning
The argument that Europe has to find its own way to the information economy seems to assume that companies of all countries and regions in Europe have to apply more or less the same ICT-based restructuring strategies. Furthermore, this would imply that all regions are also con...
Programme: FP4-TSER
Record Number: 34626
Last updated on: 2005-01-14
[REPORT SUMMARY] Information society, work, and the generation of new forms of social exclusion: Individualised strategies to combat social exclusion
Our research reveals that ICT-based organisational restructuring might not be a positive sum game. Besides restructuring winners, we can also find groups of workers that are threatened by social exclusion risks.
Various approaches have been developed to prevent or combat soci...
Programme: FP4-TSER
Record Number: 34622
Last updated on: 2005-01-14
[REPORT SUMMARY] Information society, work, and the generation of new forms of social exclusion: The increasing importance of the regional level
We have argued that the effective use of modern ICT typically requires organisational changes and large investments in human capital. Intensive training is discussed as an important tool to combat reproduced and new forms of social exclusion. Policies to improve the applicatio...
Programme: FP4-TSER
Record Number: 34625
Last updated on: 2005-01-14
[REPORT SUMMARY] Information society, work, and the generation of new forms of social exclusion: General strategies to combat social exclusion in the information economy
Active labour market policy, including measures such as further training, wage subsidies or the creation of employment outside the labour market, is often seen as too limited for combating social exclusion. To fundamentally approach the problem of social exclusion, more acting...
Programme: FP4-TSER
Record Number: 34623
Last updated on: 2005-01-14
[REPORT SUMMARY] Information society, work, and the generation of new forms of social exclusion: Skills and competencies
There is some evidence that the emerging information economy triggers a trend towards up-skilling. This trend cannot be related to the introduction of modern ICTs only; instead, as stressed several times, one has to highlight the central role of ICT-enabled organisational chan...
Programme: FP4-TSER
Record Number: 34620
Last updated on: 2005-01-14
[REPORT SUMMARY] Information society, work, and the generation of new forms of social exclusion: Co-ordinating various policy areas
The concept of technological practices directs policy makers attention from the supply-side to the demand-side perspective of the information economy. It also underlines that companies can benefit most when they combine advanced technology use with a bundle of social innovati...
Programme: FP4-TSER
Record Number: 34624
Last updated on: 2005-01-14
[REPORT SUMMARY] Information society, work, and the generation of new forms of social exclusion: Cultural change and employers' participation
Modern technological infrastructure supported by new organisation forms opens up opportunities for intensive information exchange by giving employees access to all available information but it seldom produces the expected results. New techno-organisational structures alone can...
Programme: FP4-TSER
Record Number: 34621
Last updated on: 2005-01-14
[REPORT SUMMARY] Information society, work, and the generation of new forms of social exclusion: The organisational dimension
As argued above, the greatest benefits from the application of modern ICTs appear when their use is combined with other organisational assets, such as new business strategies, new organisation structures or more skilled employees. The successful integration of modern ICT into ...
Programme: FP4-TSER
Record Number: 34619
Last updated on: 2005-01-14
[REPORT SUMMARY] Information society, work, and the generation of new forms of social exclusion: Technical restructuring
The concept of technological practices indicates that it is not ICT itself that can guarantee the leaps of productivity and innovation activities companies need in order to maintain their position in an increasingly competitive environment. Instead, it is a cluster of social c...
Programme: FP4-TSER
Record Number: 34618
Last updated on: 2005-01-14
[REPORT SUMMARY] Information society, work, and the generation of new forms of social exclusion: The two pillars of the information economy
The development of the information economy is based on two pillars: on the development of a new information sector and on the diffusion of modern ICT throughout the whole economy. While there is no doubt that being a leading producer of modern ICT will have a positive effect o...
Programme: FP4-TSER
Record Number: 34617
Last updated on: 2005-01-14
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