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Fall 2002: Reading Matters
New
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New
Book
Working in America: A
Blueprint for the New Labor Market. By Thomas A. Kochan, co-director
of LARA, Richard M. Locke, Michael J. Piore, et al.
MIT Press, 2001; paperback 2002.
The American labor market faces
deep-rooted problems, including persistence of a large low-wage sector,
worsening inequality in earnings, employees' lack of voice in the workplace,
and the need of employers to maximize flexibility if they are to survive
in an increasingly competitive market. The impetus for Working in America
is the absence of a serious national debate about these issues.
The book represents nearly
three years of deliberation by more than 250 people drawn from business,
labor, community groups, academia, and government. It traces today's labor-market
policy and laws back to the New Deal and to a second wave of social regulation
that began in the 1960s.
Underlying the current system
are assumptions about who is working, what workers do, and how much job
security workers enjoy. Economic and social changes have rendered those
assumptions invalid and have resulted in mismatches between labor institutions
and efficient and equitable deployment of the workforce, as well as between
commitments to the labor market and family responsibilities. The authors'
intent is to launch a national dialogue on how to update our policies
and institutions to meet changes in the nature of work, in the workforce,
and in the economy.
"In this volume, some
of the most insightful scholars of the American workplace provide a timely
analysis of why this is happening, along with a thoughtful assessment
of what can be done to reverse these troubling trends," said Robert
B. Reich, at Brandeis University Hexter Professor of Social and Economic
Policy.
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Publications
ITC Papers Explore Wireless
Access, Services
Lehr, William and McKnight, Lee. "Wireless Internet Access: 3G vs.
WiFi?" and Lehr, William; Merino, Fuencisla, and Gillett, Sharon.
"Software Radio: Implications for Wireless Services, Industry Structure,
and Public Policy." Papers submitted at the International Telecommunications
Society Conference in Madrid in September, 2002.
ITC Papers Presented on
Game Theory, Interconnection Model
Weiss, Martin, Shin, Seung-Jae, and Correa, Hector. "A Game Theoretic
Modeling and Analysis for Internet Access Market." Paper presented
at the International Telecommunications Society-14, Seoul, Korea, Aug.
2002.
Weiss, Martin and Shin, SeungJae.
"Internet Interconnection Economic Model and its Analysis: Peering
and Settlement." Paper submitted at the 17th World Computer Congress,
Montreal, Canada, Aug. 2002.
ITC Theses Completed Through
TPP, Sloan
Three Technology and Policy Program students and one Sloan Management
of Technology Program student completed their theses in June:
- Brucker, Xavier. "Primitive-based
Payment Systems for Flexible Value Transfer in the Personal Router."
- Ferreira, Pedro. "Implications
of Decreasing Bandwidth Price on Allocating Internet Traffic Between
Transit and Peering Arrangements."
- Merino, Fuencisla. "Market
Impact of Software Radio: Benefits and Barriers."
- Kawashima, Masahisa. "Telecom
Value Chain Dynamics and Carriers' Strategies in Converged Networks."
LAI Report Identifies Keys
to Holistic Manufacturing
Vaughn, Amanda F. & Shields, Tom. "A Holistic Approach to Manufacturing
System Design in the Defense Aerospace Industry." Sept. 2002, submitted
to ICAS 2002 Congress. LAI developed a Manufacturing System Design Framework
to link manufacturing strategy to enterprise strategy and help in the
actual design of the manufacturing operation. The report's research aimed
to validate this framework and identifies determinants for a successful
holistic manufacturing system design. Available at web.mit.edu/lean
- Click On "Publications."
Report on Lean War-fighting
Systems
Forseth, Chris. "The Pursuit of Acquisition Intrapreneurs."
Sept. 2002. Acquisition pushes for breeding innovators to achieve leaner
and more responsive approaches to the design, builds, testing and fieldings
of war-fighting systems. This report focuses on identifying acquisition
intrapeneurs and answers two main questions, "Are innovators real
and recognizable in the acquisition field?" and "Can innovative/risk
taking members be effectively rewarded?" Available at web.mit.edu/lean
- Click On "Publications."
LARA Case Study Highlights
Management and Employment
Barrett, Betty; Cutcher-Gershenfeld, Joel, and Long, Kevin. "A Case
Study of Rockwell Collins and IBEW Locals 1362 and 1634: Investing in
Knowledge, Skills and Future Capability in an Uncertain Business Environment,"
2002. The LARA study highlights one corporate and union example of knowledge
management and employment issues.
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Web
Work
New LAI Publications Online
LAI has made new research from student theses available online at the
http://web.mit.edu/lean. Visitors
can click on the "Publications" link and search by title, author,
or publication type.
Carmen E., "Opportunities
for Lean Thinking in Aircraft Flight Testing and Evaluation Carreras,"
June 2002 is available online as thesis and executive summary. The study
focuses on seven aircraft programs: 737-NG, 767-400, Hawker Horizon, F-22,
F/A-18E/F, C-130J, and the T-6A. It involves a detailed examination of
daily activities, as well as sources of waste and their impact, and finds
that little process data is measured; upstream activities have a major
impact on the efficiency of flight testing; lean practices are applicable
to flight testing; and intersecting value streams can produce waste.
Technology and Law Program
Ashford, N. A. "Implementing
a Precautionary Approach in Decisions Affecting Health, Safety, and the
Environment: Risk, Technology Alternatives, and Tradeoff Analysis."
Published in The Role of Precaution in Chemicals Policy, Favorita Papers,
Jan. 2002. Freytag, Elisabeth; Jakl, Thomas; Loibl, Gerhard and Wittmann,
Michael (eds.), Diplomatic Academy, Vienna, pp 128-140.
Ashford, N. A. "Justice
in the Global Work Life: The Right to Know, to Participate, and to Benefit
in Sustainable Industrial Transformations." Proceedings of the High-level
Conference on Work Life in the 21st Century, October 2001, Helsinki, in
People and Work Research Reports 49:74-78, the Finnish Institute of Occupational
Health, 2002.
Ashford, N. A. "Pathways
to Sustainability: Evolution or Revolution?" Published in Innovation
and Regional Development in the Network Society, Geenhuizen, Marina van;
Gibson, David V. and Heitor, Manuel V. (eds.), QUORUM Books: Series on
"Technology Policy and Innovation," Vol. 7, 2002,
Ashford, N. A. "Innovation
- The Pathway to Threefold Sustainability." Published in The Steilmann
Report: The Wealth of People: An Intelligent Economy for the 21st Century,
Lehner, Franz, Charles, Anthony, Bieri, Stephan, and Paleocrassas, Yannis
(eds.) Brainduct ® - digital edition, 2001 pp 233-274.
Ashford, N. A. "Technology-Focused
Regulatory Approaches for Encouraging Sustainable Industrial Transformations:
Beyond Green, Beyond the Dinosaurs, and Beyond Evolutionary Theory."
Presented at the 3rd Blueprint Workshop on Instruments for Integrating
Environmental and Innovation Policy, 26-27 Sept. 2002, Brussels.
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