Deskilling - Topic4

The Deskilling Thesis was outlined by a Marxist called

• Beastman (1974)

• Braveman (1974)

• Braverman (1974)

• Broadman (1974)

Deskilling refers to

• Skill of a worker being increased due to the increase in demand for production

• Skills of a worker being reduced because of an increase in workload

• Skills of a worker being reduced or removed, often by applying technology

• Skills of a worker being wiped away, often because the RC pay the workers less

Marxists criticise the process of deskilling because it allows the Ruling class to

• Exploit the WC even more

• Give more freedom to the WC

• Have little control over the WC

• Make the WC irreplaceable

Deskilling makes jobs less secure because the workforce now is less skilled and each worker is....

• Easily adaptable

• Difficult to replace

• Easily acceptable

• Easily replaceable

Choose ALL the jobs which have been made redundant due to the growth of technology

• Customer care (automated)

• Car washing

• Dentist

• Typist

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Rather than removing skills, you could argue that jobs have been created by the increase in technology. Jobs such as....

• Engineers & Artists

• Computer specialists & Cleaners

• IT specialists & Computer technicians

• Machine maintenance & Cooks

Who found evidence to say rather than work being deskilled, workers have been upskilled, and now require more training or qualifications to do their jobs

• Gail (1994)

• Gallie (1994)

• Galler (1994)

• Greenhalgh (1994)

Frey & Osborne (2013) predicted computerisation could make nearly ....?.... how many jobs redundant within 10-20 years?

• Nearly a quater

• Nearly all

• Nearly one third

• Nearly half