From the mid-18th century to the present time we have witnessed a series of major technological innovations that have transformed business, work and jobs. Examples include the steam engine, electricity and steel, Henry Ford's production line system of manufacturing and, nearer our own time I.T. biotechnology and nanotechnology. The Austrian economist, Joseph Schumpeter famously referred to such innovations as "gales of creative destruction" old industries being swept away, to be replaced by new ones. Schumpeter's gales of creative destruction continue to impact business, work and jobs. Organizations now have to compete globally; organizational structures have to be flatter, work contracts... -- Course Website