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