The Knowledge of Industrial Development

Abstract

This article examines the link between knowledge and production. Education is advantageous for industrial development, and there is no doubt that this proposition is confined to generalities to some extent. But in reality, the relationship between education and development does not appear to be linear. It is not sufficient to have more education to obtain more development, and some teaching may even turn out to be counterproductive. The word "knowledge" is a deceptive one because it gives the impression of the existence of objective truths, and that it is enough to know them in order to succeed in mastering the world. The industrial world is a competitive world. In order to succeed, it is not enough to act like the rest, because in this case, one is behind them; you have to do better, that is, differently. I propose here to assemble the data collected on the relationship between "knowledge" and "employment" in Guangdong's private factories to sustain the consideration about the knowledge that is useful for development. As we will see, education promotes and prevents industrial development. Everything must be understood case by case, individual by individual, situation by situation—the distinctive situation in which one finds oneself.