Short presentation about the theory of a post-industrial society

1. (“Post") Post-Industrial
Society?
Photo courtesy of:
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/07/21/1090089212286.html
More Technology  fewer workers?fewer workers?

2. Future Issues
of
Service-based Economies
• From Manufacturing to Service
 Serving things instead of making things…Serving things instead of making things…
• Population Shifts
 When opportunities “relocate”, people follow.When opportunities “relocate”, people follow.
• Replacing Aging Workforce
 Future generations (human) or future “generations” (machines)?Future generations (human) or future “generations” (machines)?
• International Effect
 Will developing countries skip ahead toward service-based?Will developing countries skip ahead toward service-based?

3. “For More Information…”
http://www.bls.gov/oco/oco2003.htm
Tomorrow's Jobs (U.S. Dept. of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics)
http://www.state.tn.us/labor wfd/outlooks/statewide.pdf
Hot Jobs to 2014-Tennessee (TN Dept. of Labor and Workforce Development)
http://www.trinity.edu/mkearl/GLOBALIZATION-AGING_files/frame.htm
Globalization and the Aging Revolution (Trinity University)
Communication, Technology, and Society by Lelia Green
Representations of the Post/Human: Monsters, Aliens, and Others in
Popular Culture by Elaine L. Graham
Post-Industrial America: A geographical perspective
by David Clark
Post-Industrial Capitalism: Exploring Economic Inequality in America
by Joel I. Nelson