Future Work How Businesses Can Adapt and Thrive In The New World Of Work [Paperback]

The way we work is changing in the Internet age. The new 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.Introduction Flexibility As A Uniting Force Between People And Generations At Work The Evolution Of Technology And Its Uses At Work From Workplace To Meeting Place: Emerging Organizational Models What Today's Managers Say About The New World Of Work And The Challenges They Face Making Change: How Organizational Culture Can Be Adapted To Enable Remote Working And Other Empowering Work Arrangements Think Flexibly: A Step-By-Step Guide To Introducing And Managing New Ways Of Working Managing Remote Teams And Virtual Teams Across Borders Is It For Me?: How Managers Can Be Flexible Too The Way Ahead: Projections For The Future (From Workplace To Workspace)

'Every manager who cares about the future success of their organisation should read this book. It's not only very readable but presents some cogent arguments that all organisations should give serious consideration to.' - David Pardey, Edge

This book provides challenging and persuasive examples of the need to change and is recommended as a wake-up call to the corporate world. - Management Today

'Future Work sounds seductive. But very few organizations have actually changed the way they really do work. Maitland and Thomson have painted a comprehensive and compelling picture of what's possible, going way beyond the typical hype about technology and GenY. And they've dug deeply to report many very human stories about how the future of

work is happening today, and what it takes to transform the workplace. If you read this book and then put it aside without changing the way you manage, you'll wind up watching the future olÓ.