Future work : how businesses can adapt and thrive in the new world of work / Alison Maitland and Peter Thomson.

By:

Maitland, Alison

Contributor(s):

Thomson, Peter

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.Description: xiv, 178 p. : ill. ; 24 cmContent type:

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ISBN:

9780230284227 (hbk.) :
0230284221

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DDC classification:

658.301 MAI

LOC classification:

HF5549.5.M3 M3 2011

Contents:

Time for change -- How work has evolved -- Turning convention on its head -- Why it makes business sense -- Leaders of the future -- Changing workplaces -- Culture is critical -- How to break free of the old model -- Putting it into practice -- Looking over the horizon.

Summary: The way we work is changing in the Internet age. The majority of the workforce, women, Generation Y, the over-50s, as well as growing numbers of men share a need for greater control and choice about where, how and when they work. This is a guide to the skills you will need and the challenges you will face in the 21st century world of work.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Long Loan	TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending	658.301 MAI (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		216425

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The way we work is changing in the Internet age. The majority of the workforce, women, Generation Y, the over-50s, as well as growing numbers of men share a need for greater control and choice about where, how and when they work. This is a guide to the skills you will need and the challenges you will face in the 21st century world of work.