Upgrading the U.S. workplace: Do reorganizations, education help? (ABSTRACT), Monthly Labor Review Online, May 1995

Upgrading the U.S. workplace: Do reorganizations, education help?

Lauri J. Bassi
Associate Professor, Graduate Public Policy Program, Georgetown University, Washington, DC

Firms that establish workplace education programs and reorganize work report noticeable improvements in their workers' abilities and the quality of the products. This article provides results from surveys conducted in 1992 on the incidence of workplace education programs and reorganization of work strategies implemented in manufacturing and nonmanufacturing firms.

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