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DE-SKILLING [1 record]

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Record 1 1998-07-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Personnel and Job Evaluation
  • Working Practices and Conditions
OBS

Deskilling: proposal on the model of "to deskill", defined below.

OBS

Deskill: to reduce (a job or operation) to simple parts requiring no skill, especially through automation and specialization: Many crafts have in fact become deskilled (New Scientist).

Key term(s)
  • de-skilling

French

Domaine(s)
  • Évaluation du personnel et des emplois
  • Régimes et conditions de travail
DEF

Abaissement du niveau de compétence, de formation professionnelle ou d'habitude technique acquise pour l'exercice d'un poste de travail.

OBS

La déqualification résulte soit de la décomposition du travail par un bureau des méthodes, soit de l'introduction de machines d'un degré supérieur d'automation.

Spanish

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