Three tenets of skill requirements influence understanding of work: (1) they decompose workers/jobs into bundles of skills; (2) the skills identified are required in some obvious way; and (3) they separate workers from work contexts. Case studies of four workplaces suggest the appropriate analytical unit may be the workplace and not the job. (SK)

Technological innovations in factories and offices are examined in terms of 10 core issues: "high flex" workplace; control of work; organizational change; impact on skill; unemployment; educational needs and retraining; changing occupational structures; safety and health; interaction of work, leisure, and family; and quality of working life. The…