3.1 Out of Crisis: Innovations in the 1980s and Beyond

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• 3.1.1Video: Week 3 Introduction
• 3.1.2Video: What Changed in the 1980s and Why Should We Care?
• 3.1.3Video: The Purpose of the American Corporation
• 3.1.4Video: The Changing Role of the Corporation
• 3.1.5Video: The Rise and Fall of Saturn
• 3.1.6Video: High Performance Work Systems
• 3.1.7Video: Market Basket Case with Zeynep Ton
• 3.1.8Video: Holding Global Corporations Accountable
• 3.1.9Video: Alternatives to the Traditional Corporation
• 3.1.10Video: High School and College: Necessary but Not Sufficient
• 3.1.11Video: Life Long Learning: Moving from Rhetoric to Reality
• >Video: The Purpose of the American Corporation

Last time, we saw that the Social Contract served the economy and workforce well from the 1950s through at least part of the 1970s. Many people thought this was the new normal and that things would stay this way forever. But they didn’t. Below, let’s look at what business, labor, and government leaders missed. The 1980s were a critical decade in the history of work – it marks the period when the "social contact," discussed in earlier videos, began to decline. In the video below, Professor Kochan examines the 1980s and explains its enduring relevance to the issues we face today.

Video: What Changed in the 1980s And Why Should We Care?

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