Problem
Labour displacement
Other Names:
Workforce restructuringTransfer of workers due to industry restructuring
Nature:
Transfer of capital and technology has an effect on labour similar to that produced by technological change. In the industrialized countries, this transfer displaces workers with low skills and educational attainments and accelerates the necessity of readapting, retraining and relocating displaced workers. In the developing countries, industrial operations that maintain the labour force at the particular level of skills needed for the production of a component, or for a certain industrial process, create a problem. While the immediate employment effect may be positive, the long-term effect may be negative, since the approach does not offer potential for the upgrading and diversification of skills necessary for job betterment.
Narrower Problems:
Elimination of jobs by automationReduction of workforce in enterprisesLabour displacement due to import competitionDisplacement of human intelligence by machine intelligence Strategies:
Restructuring industry Subject(s):
Communication → CommunicationsIndustry → Industry
Management → Planning
Social Activity → Human resources
Social Activity → Work
Social Activity → Workers
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
D: Detailed problems Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST