Class goals from syllabus
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1. Assess the extent to which the present wave of emerging workplace
technologies differs from earlier ones.
2. Describe theorized patterns of how new technologies shape and
reshape the employment relationship and the workplace for specific
social groups and apply these theories to emerging workplace
technologies.
3. Identify potential points of conflict and change in workplace
hierarchy given information about how a new technology is being used
in a contemporary workplace.
4. Prescribe policy responses aimed at mitigating the potentially
deleterious impact of workplace technological change and articulate
the potential unintended consequences of these policies.