TY - BOOK AU - Maitland,Alison AU - Thomson,Peter TI - Future work: how businesses can adapt and thrive in the new world of work SN - 9780230284227 (hbk.) : AV - HF5549.5.M3 M3 2011 U1 - 658.301 MAI PY - 2011/// CY - Basingstoke PB - Palgrave Macmillan KW - Manpower planning KW - Labor supply KW - Effect of technological innovations on KW - Technological innovations KW - Social aspects KW - Business and Management KW - ukslc KW - Business innovation KW - thema KW - Management & management techniques KW - Time management KW - Organizational theory & behaviour KW - Office & workplace KW - Business strategy N1 - 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 N2 - 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 ER -