Screen LibraryFuture work：how businesses can adapt and thrive in the new world of work
Saved in:
| Main Authors: | |
|---|---|
| Group Author: | |
| Published: |
Palgrave Macmillan
|
| Publisher Address: | New York, NY |
| Publication Dates: | c2011. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Subjects: | |
| Carrier Form: | xiv, 178 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780230284227 0230284221 |
| Index Number: | F243 |
| CLC: | F243.2 |
| Call Number: | F243.2/M232 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 168) 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 overdue for change. Businesses want to increase efficiency and attract the best talent and skills. The new workforce wants a fresh deal. Aided by technology, companies now have the tools to boost output and cut costs, to give employees more freedom over how they work, and to contribute to a greener economy. But many organizations are slow to realize this. They cling to a rigid model of fixed working time and presence better suited to the industrial age than the digital age. This is bad for business. There is ample evidence that trusting people to manage their own work live |