Colin C. Williams

Re-Thinking the Future of Work (eBook, PDF)

Directions and Visions

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

How will work be organised in the future? With its global perspective and critical approach, Re-Thinking the Future of Work provides not only an overview and examination of the array of competing visions, but also a radical rethink about the direction of change.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks UK
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Februar 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780230207936
• Artikelnr.: 62944864

Autorenporträt

COLIN C. WILLIAMS is Professor of Strategic Management in the School of Management at the University of Sheffield, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: rethinking the future of workPART 1: DOMINANT PERSPECTIVES ON THE DIRECTION OF WORKThe dominant narrativesThe demise of the informal economy and growth of the formal economyThe all-pervasive penetration of the marketThe advent of a globalized worldPART 2: FUTURES FOR EMPLOYMENTThe rise of the information/knowledge societyNew forms of flexible work organizationPost-bureaurcratic managementNon-capitalist futures for employmentPART 3: VISIONS OF THE FUTURE OF WORKThird way visions of work organizationOrganizing work in a post-employment worldWork Organization in a post-capitalist worldGreen visions of work organizationConclusions: futures for workReferencesIndex