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OCCUPATIONAL sociology; OCCUPATIONAL structure; SOCIAL structure; EMPLOYMENT & education; EDUCATION & economics; EDUCATION

The author of this article shares some background information about the evolution of knowledge and service society, and attempts to trace structural change in occupational structure and what its special features and causes have been. The application of technical innovation in the employment system is roughly congruent with the use of computers on the job. In 2002, of the 15 countries in the European Union, about half the workforce used a computer at work. Globalization means an ever-growing response of national economies to impulses from the world market.