The post-industrial society is the stage of society's development when the services sector's contribution to wealth generation is more than the manufacturing sector of its economy. The term was coined by Alain Touraine and is closely related to the other sociological theories such as Post-Fordism and information society. The valuation of knowledge is the characteristic of post-industrialized society as the tertiary and Quaternary sectors are knowledge-driven it results in the restructuring of the education. As the importance of knowledge increases the increase in general expertise is also witnessed.
