Post Industrial Society Characterisation
POST-INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY MAKES A SHIFT TOWARDS SERVICE SECTOR AND ICT
Post industrial society is marked by a transition from a manufacturing-based economy to a service-based economy, a transition that is also connected with subsequent societal restructuring. Post industrialization is the next evolutionary step from an industrialized society and is most evident in countries and regions that were among the first to experience the Industrial Revolution, such as the United States, Western Europe, and Japan.
Moving to a service-based economy means that manufacturing must occur elsewhere and is often outsourced (that is, sent away from a company to a contracted supplier) to industrial economies. While this gives the illusion that the post industrial society is merely service-based, it is still highly connected with those industrial economies to which the manufacturing is outsourced.
American sociologist Daniel Bell first coined the term post industrial in 1973 in his book The Coming of Post-Industrial Society: A Venture in Social Forecasting, which describes several features of a post industrial society. Post industrial societies are characterized by:
1. A transition from the production of goods to the production of services, with very few firms directly manufacturing any goods.
2. The replacement of blue-collar manual labourers with technical and professional workers—such as computer engineers, doctors, and bankers—as the direct production of goods is moved elsewhere. 3. The replacement of practical knowledge with theoretical knowledge.
4. Greater attention being paid to the theoretical and ethical implications of new technologies, which helps society avoid some of the negative features of introducing new technologies, such as environmental accidents and massive widespread power outages.
5. The development of newer scientific disciplines—such as those that involve new forms of information technology, cybernetics, or artificial intelligence—to assess the
Post industrial society is marked by a transition from a manufacturing-based economy to a service-based economy, a transition that is also connected with subsequent societal restructuring. Post industrialization is the next evolutionary step from an industrialized society and is most evident in countries and regions that were among the first to experience the Industrial Revolution, such as the United States, Western Europe, and Japan.
Moving to a service-based economy means that manufacturing must occur elsewhere and is often outsourced (that is, sent away from a company to a contracted supplier) to industrial economies. While this gives the illusion that the post industrial society is merely service-based, it is still highly connected with those industrial economies to which the manufacturing is outsourced.
American sociologist Daniel Bell first coined the term post industrial in 1973 in his book The Coming of Post-Industrial Society: A Venture in Social Forecasting, which describes several features of a post industrial society. Post industrial societies are characterized by:
1. A transition from the production of goods to the production of services, with very few firms directly manufacturing any goods.
2. The replacement of blue-collar manual labourers with technical and professional workers—such as computer engineers, doctors, and bankers—as the direct production of goods is moved elsewhere. 3. The replacement of practical knowledge with theoretical knowledge.
4. Greater attention being paid to the theoretical and ethical implications of new technologies, which helps society avoid some of the negative features of introducing new technologies, such as environmental accidents and massive widespread power outages.
5. The development of newer scientific disciplines—such as those that involve new forms of information technology, cybernetics, or artificial intelligence—to assess the