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Skills and employment under automation: Active adaptation at the local level
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SourceInternational journal for research in vocational education and training 6 (2019) 3, S. 203-223 ZDB
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ISSN2197-8646; 21978646
LanguageEnglish
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review statusPeer-Reviewed
Abstract (English):Context: The article contributes to a discussion of how patterns of employment and qualifications are modified by the ongoing industrial transformation, called Industry 4.0. Although this transformation is said to be a global phenomenon, scholars increasingly discuss the national differences in the wake of Industry 4.0. Our article aims to intervene in this debate by analysing the industrial transformation of a small island situated at the West coast of Norway. We notably investigate the technological renewal by means of Computerised Numeric Control (CNC) and robotics in a network of mechanical firms. Findings: It is informative to use the heuristic concept ‘pre-cluster agglomeration’ to characterise how the nine firms under scrutiny are interacting, while being assisted by a forward-looking industrial association and supported by an active local community. The municipality and the county to which this agglomeration belongs, provide training services and other infrastructures that support the firms when they recruit new employees and upskill their staff, - notably by setting up a CNC training centre attached to an upper secondary school. Conclusion: Our case does not support off-the-shelf narratives of robotisation implies job cuts. In the same way as previous technological transformations were not solely driven by their inherent technical opportunities, the ongoing robotisation is nuanced by the social shaping of technology. There is room for strategic choices when new technology is integrated in work organisations. The extent to which the workforce should be (re-)trained is subject to decisions and negotiations. (DIPF/Orig.)
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Date of publication09.01.2020
CitationUre, Odd Bjørn; Skauge, Tom: Skills and employment under automation: Active adaptation at the local level - In: International journal for research in vocational education and training 6 (2019) 3, S. 203-223 - URN: urn:nbn:de:0111-pedocs-182384 - DOI: 10.25656/01:18238; 10.13152/IJRVET.6.3.1
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