The
Workplace and ICT - Research Project
The rapid
development of information and communication technologies is
transforming the
world of work, in terms of employment patterns, workplace activities
and
assessments, labour relations and industrial structure. Public bodies Think-tanks and academic institutes Government reports and public documents Academic publications Other relevant organisations PUBLIC BODIES Department for Work and Pensions UK government department responsible for employment issues www.dwp.gov.uk Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform UK government department responsible for business and labour issues www.dberr.gov.uk HM Treasury UK government department responsible for economic policy www.hm-treasury.gov.uk European Commission - Europe's Information Society Thematic portal - hub of information for all EU information society policy activity. http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/text_en.htm European Commission - Viviane Reding Personal pages of the Commissioner for Information Society and Media. http://ec.europa.eu/commission_barroso/reding/index_en.htm European Commission - Charlie McCreevy Personal pages of the Commissioner for the Internal Market and Services http://ec.europa.eu/commission_barroso/mccreevy/index_en.htm International Labour Organisation United Nations advisory body on labour issues www.ilo.org Foresight UK Government programme for dealing with science and technological development www.foresight.gov.uk EURIM – European Information Society Group Collaboration between UK politicians and private firms to promote analysis of technological development http://www.eurim.org.uk/ THINK-TANKS AND ACADEMIC INSTITUTES Workplace, Interaction and Technology @ King’s College London Institute employing qualitative methods to assess the social and economic impacts of technology http://www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/sspp/mgmt/research/wit/ Centre for Economic Performance @ London School of Economics Institute undertaking wide-ranging analysis of economic trends ManPower Human Resource Lab @ London School of Economics Public-private collaboration analysing labour market trends http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/manpower/ The Information, Society and Technology Research Group @ Loughborough University Institute analysing practice in ICT design and implementation strategies http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/ls/disresearch/its-main.html Learning Light Sheffield-based centre of excellence for e-learning in the workplace www.learninglight.com IPPR – Institute of Public Policy Research Think-tank covering a range of social and economic issues www.ippr.org.uk The Work Foundation Think-tank covering labour issues theworkfoundation.com SPRU – Science and Technology Policy Research @ University of Sussex Research, teaching and consultancy in science and technology policy www.sussex.ac.uk/spru GOVERNMENT REPORTS AND PUBLIC DOCUMENTS EU Commission Green Paper – Living and Working in the Information Society: People First. 1996. EU Commission Staff Working Paper – Exploiting the information society’s contribution to managing change and enhancing quality in employment. EU Commission Working Paper - Strategies for jobs in the Information Society, 2000. EU Commission Working Paper – Job opportunities in the Information Society: Exploiting the potential of the information revolution, 1998. EU Commission Working Paper – The Social and Labour Market Dimension of the Information Society: People First, The Next Steps, 1997. IPPR Report – Modernizing with Purpose: A Manifesto for Digital Britain http://www.ippr.org.uk/publicationsandreports/publication.asp?id=297 This report outlines a policy agenda structured around the three strands of ‘modernizing’, ‘delineating’ and ‘recognizing’, and argues that these priorities can provide new purpose to the way in which Britain modernizes its public institutions and economy. IPPR Report – Technology kicks away the career ladder (by Mike Dixon) http://www.ippr.org.uk/articles/index.asp?id=1723 This article explores the patterns of the current technology age in which computers have superseded the skills and usefulness of working people, especially those in the middle-ranking professional jobs. This in turn has consequences on the ability to progress, be promoted and learn new skills. Ascendancy from lowly sales assistant to manager is much tougher in today’s world, making it ever-more important for the government to intervene and aid those coming from poorer backgrounds. IPPR Report - Promoting productivity (by Kate Withers) http://www.ippr.org.uk/articles/index.asp?id=1353 This article focuses on the advantages of ICT in increasing productivity, efficiency, participation and creativity in the work place. However, it also stresses the dangers of relying too heavily on it and not accepting that employee training it also important. ICT can also act to complicate and duplicate an already complex working environment if not inter=grated properly into the existing system. ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS Heath, C.C., Knoblauch, H. and P. Luff (2000) Technology and Social Interaction: The emergence of 'workplace studies'. British Journal of Sociology, 51, 2, pp. 299-320. Luff, P., Hindmarsh, J. and Heath, C. C. (eds.) (2000) Workplace Studies: Recovering work practice and informing system design. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Wallace, P. The Internet in the Workplace: How New Technology is Transforming Work (Cambridge University Press, 2004) Pauleen, D. And Yoong, P. (2001) Relationship building and the use of ICT in boundary-crossing virtual teams: a facilitator's perspective’. Journal of Information Technology, vol. 16. Koutsoutos, A. and Westerholt, C. (2005) Business impacts of ICT. International Journal of Technology, Policy and Management (IJTPM) Volume 5, Issue1, 2005 Verwijs, C. and Soekijad, M. (2002) Functions of ICT for supporting organisational learning. Int. J. of Information Technology and Management, Vol. 1, No.1 pp. 103-114. Adriaanse, A.M., Voordijk, H. and Geert, P.M.R. (2004) Alignment between ICT and communication in construction projects. Int. J. of Human Resources Development and Management, Vol. 4, No.4 pp. 346 – 357. Hoogervorst, J., Koopman, P.L. and van der Flier, H. (2002) Human resource strategy for the new ICT-driven business context. International Journal of Human Resource Management, Volume 13, Issue 8, pages 1245 – 1265. Galliano, D. and Roux, P. (2003) Spatial externalities, organisation of the firm and ICT adoption: the specificities of French agri-food firms. Int. J. of Biotechnology, Vol. 5, No.3/4 pp. 269 – 296. Bowonder, B., Sadhulla, S. and Jain, A. (2005) Evolving an ICT platform for a traditional industry: transforming artisans into entrepreneurs. Int. J. of Services Technology and Management, Vol. 6, No.3/4/5 pp. 379 – 401. Lee, E. (1996) The Labour Movement and the Internet: The New Internationalism (Pluto Press). Hertenstein, E. and Chaplan, M. (2005) The effect of training for internet use among local trade union leaders. New Technology, Work and Employment, vol. 20. Ogbonna, E. and Harris, L. (2006) Organisational culture in the age of the Internet: an exploratory study. New Technology, Work and Employment, vol. 21 (2006). Saundry, R., Stuart, M., Antcliff, V. (2007) Broadcasting discontent—freelancers, trade unions and the Internet. New Technology, Work and Employment, vol. 22. Wynarczyk, P. (2005) The impact of connectivity technologies on e-flexible working practices of small and medium-sized enterprises in the North East of England. New Technology, Work and Employment, vol. 20. Townsend, K. And Batchelor, L. (2005) Managing mobile phones: a work/non-work collision in small business. New Technology, Work and Employment, vol. 20. Warhurst, C., Lockyer, C., Dutton, E. (2006) IT jobs: opportunities for all? New Technology, Work and Employment, vol. 21. Jacobs, D. and Yudken, J. (2003) Internet Unionism and Labor Friendly Enterprise. The Internet, Organizational Change and Labor, vol. 1. Vorobyov, G. (2005) Computer and Internet Use in the Workplace: A Common Sense Approach. The Psychologist-Manager Journal, vol. 8. Ellingsen, G. (2007) Standardisation of work: co-constructed practice. http://www.idi.ntnu.no/~ericm/TIS.final.nurse.classification.pdf OTHER RELEVANT ORGANISATIONS Government Technology. E-magazine for IT in the public sector www.governmenttechnology.co.uk Public Technology. Same as above. www.publictechnology.net Andrew Bibby. Journalist/consultant working in this area, links to various articles. www.andrewbibby.com The Open Business Guide http://wiki.icommons.org/index.php/The_OpenBusiness_Guide Management Issues www.management-issues.com E-Learn magazine www.elearnmag.org Learning Circuits E-learning magazine www.learningcircuits.org |
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