Maitland, Alison.

Future work : how businesses can adapt and thrive in the new world of work / Alison Maitland and Peter Thomson. - Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. - xiv, 178 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index. Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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.

9780230284227 (hbk.) : £18.99 0230284221


Manpower planning.
Labor supply--Effect of technological innovations on
Technological innovations--Social aspects
Business and Management.
Business innovation
Management & management techniques
Time management
Organizational theory & behaviour
Office & workplace
Business strategy

HF5549.5.M3 / M3 2011

658.301 MAI