UGBA 10 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Social Skills, Charismatic Authority, Job Satisfaction

• School: Berkeley
• Department: Business Administration Undergraduate Program
• Course: UGBA 10
• Professor: John Briginshaw

Document Summary

Us population will increase by 22 million to ~340 million. Us labor force will decrease from 62. 9% to 60. 9% Significant shift in industry employment due to increased societal needs in healthcare. Jobs will increase from 150-160 million and in technology-related services. Computerization of work could put ~50% of us jobs at risk of elimination. Safe: jobs in non-static environments, and involve judgement, flexibility, creativity, In peril: fixed, middle-skill, routine, repetitive jobs social intelligence and abstract thinking; manual labor. The workforce is getting smaller fewer people entering the workforce than those leaving the workforce. The workforce is becoming more racially and ethnically diverse. More jobs available that require skills; fewer jobs available for unskilled workers. Widening skill gap: more skilled jobs, fewer skilled workers. Greater ethnic diversity, and more complex management. Rapid introduction of automation in service and manual labor jobs: fewer employment options. Job vacancies in areas we can least afford.