Deskilling

  The Internet Encyclopedia of Technology and Culture  

                    The Internet Encyclopedia of Technology and Culture uses 2 examples to show
            us how deskilling can affect professional jobs. They use carpenters and doctors as examples.
            This website is very straight-forward, it also is very understandable because this site is not
            very detailed.




  Skills  

                        This website offers a more in-depth view of deskilling. It has a brief history of this
            issue, and it discuss issues surround women in the work force. If anyone who is doing a
            project on deskilling, then this site is one of the first that you can look at, since it has all the
            basic information plus history regarding this topic.




  Wearing a Uniform Doesn''t Make You a Nurse    

                       Wearing a Uniform Doesn''t Make You a Nurse is a site that has a more specific
               approach to deskilling. This site discuss how nurses' work got deskilled, and how the
               attempt of saving money is the "main source" to this problem. Therefore, this website is
                pretty good for showing an example of how deskilling affects our society and everyday
                life.




   Technology, Capitalism and Anarchism  
                     
                          Technology, Capitalism and Anarchism is a website that addresses the influences
                of  technology. It made some references to George Ritzer and Taylor. It mentions about
                McDonaldization, Taylorism, and the process of deskilling. Again, this is an excellent
                website to gain knowledge about the deskilling issue.




  Glossary of Post-Modern Terminology  

                            This is a very useful website for beginners. It has a list of terms that deals with the
                    topic of post-modernism. To my suprise, it has lots of terms that I have never heard of
                    before. So I think this is an extrememly interesting site to visit.




  Safe Staffing  

                              Safe Staffing is a site that has a list of "problems" that is resulting from the process
                    of deskilling. Some of the problems are: dependence on overtime, speeding up, etc. For
                     more listings, then visit this site. This site also offers a few suggestions to how we can
                     improve this issue.




    Deskilling and Downsizing  

                                In Deskililng and Downsizing, it addresses the relationship between industrialization
                      and technical education. It also talks about how technology is influencing the education sector.
                      In addition, it have information of how the global economy is trying to apply one system of
                      education to many types of cultures and countries.