Overview

The rapid development of new technology is accelerating the pace at which different regions and countries of the world are becoming interdependent. The convergence of computer and telecommunications technologies, in particular, is making it increasingly easy for services as well as goods to be produced in a cost effective way at a location that is distant from the market. For example, on-line interactive communication facilities between Europe and India are making it possible for European companies to out source software service work to India, where there is an abundance of low-wage knowledge workers. Similarly, advances in digital technology make it possible for learners in locations like Brazil to access educational material from Europe and other industrially advanced countries. This volume explores the challenges and the opportunities created by the rapid growth of 'telematics'. European firms benefit through lower labour costs and from access to big new markets in the fields of education and training. At the same time European governments are concerned about jobs disappearing. For the developing world, there is the bright prospect of new jobs and novel means of education. However how secure will these new jobs be? Will a more highly educated work force lead to a brain drain? Umit Efendioglu, Ursula Huws, N.P. Basrur, Seema Chawla, Geraldine Reardon, Ranald Richardson, Abdelkader Djeflat, Andrew Davies, Dave Kapaln, Maria Ines Bastos, Albert Tuijnman, Peter E. Kinyanjui, E

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Author:   Maria Ines Bastos ,  Swasti Mitter
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Volume:   No.9
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.521kg
ISBN:  

9780415197045

ISBN 10:   041519704
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   10 June 1999
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction Part I: Information Revolution and New Modes of Employment and Work Organisation Chapter 1. Relocation of information processing work: Implications for trade between Asia and the European Union Swasti Mitter and Umit Efendioglu, UNU/INTECH, The Netherlands Chapter 2. Beyond anecdotes: On qualifying the globalisation of information processing work Ursula Huws, Analytica, London, UK A non-European counterpoint Trade in Software services: From international trade to teletrade. The case study of Tata Consultancy services in India. N.P. Basrur, Tata Consultancy Services, Bombay, India and Seema Chawla, UNU/INTECH, The Netherlands Chapter 3. Externalising information processing work: Breaking the logic of spatial and work organisation Geraldine Reardon, Trade Union Researcher, London, UK Chapter 4. Call centres and the prospects for export-oriented work in the developing world: Evidence from western Europe Ranald Richardson, University of Newcastle, UK A non-European counterpoint The globalised information society and its impact on Europe-Maghreb relations Abdelkader Djeflat, Universite des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, France Chapter 5. Innovation and competitiveness in complex product systems: The case of mobile phone systems Andrew Davies, University of Sussex, UK A non-European counterpoint The South Africa mobile phone system Dave Kaplan, University of Cape Town, South Africa Part II: Learning with telematics in the globalised information society Chapter 6. Europe and developing countries in the emerging on-line education market Maria Ines Bastos Chapter 7. Lifelong learning policies in a new technological era Albert Tuijnman, Institute of International Education, Stockholm, Sweden A non-European counterpoint Productive two-way collaboration between technologically developed and developing countries in new technologies for education Peter E. Kinyanjui, The Commonwelath of Learning, Canada Chapter 8. Testing tecnology for tele-education: Pilot projects at KPN in the Netherlands Eline de Kleine, KPN Research, The Netherlands A non-European counterpoint The Brazilian 'TELECURSO 2000'. An experience with applications of communications technologies to vocational and continuous education Arlette A. Paula Guibert, National Service of Industrial Apprenticeship, Regional Department of Sao Paolo, Brazil Chapter 9. Technologies for distance education in developing countries Wolfram Laaser, Fern Universitaet Hagen, Germany Chapter 10. KIDLINK - Global network for youth Claus Berg, Ministry of Education, Denmark A non-European counterpoint Distance education in Latin America at the technology cross- roads Fabio Jose Chacon Duque, Open National University, Venezuela Conclusions

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