COMPUTERS, JOBS AND TRANSPORT COMPANIES IN FRANCE

The aim of the report is to give an up-to-date assessment of the spread of computerisation in transport in France over the last ten years and its impact on employment and transport enterprises, the following themes will be developed: (1) -employment in the transport enterprises: employment trends over the last ten years; the situation of transport enterprises over the last ten years; the emergence of modernisation in response to the economic crisis of the 1970's. (2) -computerisation, a gamble in the modernisation of transport enterprises: function and use of computing in transport; trends in the rate of computerisation in transport enterprises; rate of computerisation as a function of size of the enterprises; structure of hardware resources in transport enterprises. (3) impact of automation on employment: level of skill; skill requirements and new technologies; professional mobility and new technologies. It is concluded that information technology modifies the structure of transport industry but its impact on the level of employment is limited.(a) this paper is presented in an abstract form. For the covering abstract of the seminar see IRRD 812997.

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• Authors:
  • SANDOVAL, V
• Conference:
  • TRANSPORT POLICY. PROCEEDINGS OF SEMINAR K HELD A SUMMER ANNUAL MEETING, UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX, ENGL
• Publication Date: 1986

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 123

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automation; Conferences; Digital computers; Jobs; Modernization; Organizations; Personnel; Technology; Transportation; Trend (Statistics)
• Geographic Terms: France
• ITRD Terms: 3882: Automatic; 8525: Conference; 8673: Digital computer; 8036: France; 9108: Improvement; 2271: Occupation; 9057: Organization (association); 102: Personnel; 3855: Technology; 1155: Transport; 6515: Trend (stat)
• Subject Areas: Society; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00481534
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• ISBN: 086050-168-X
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 30 1989 12:00AM