Post Industrial Society

• Creation, production, of knowledge and information rather than hard durable goods.

• Computers become vital and indispensable.

• Skill level changes and so does

occupational structure.

• Global interconnectivity increases.

• Cultural lag engenders problems.

• Social institutions change (family, religion, etc..)

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Post Industrial societies usually have most of the following characteristics:

1. Creation, production, of knowledge and information rather than hard durable goods.

2. Computers become vital and indispensable.

3. Skill level changes (information-based skills become more important than the ability to make something mechanically) and so does occupational structure.

4. Global interconnectivity increases.

5. Cultural lag engenders problems.

6. Social institutions change (family, religion, etc..)