ISBN:
9781472905017
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
1 online resource (401 pages)
Paralleltitel:
Erscheint auch als Bevan, Stephen 21st century workforces and workplaces
Paralleltitel:
Print version Cooper, Cary L 21st Century Workforces and Workplaces
DDC:
302.35
Schlagwort(e):
Arbeitsmarkt
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Arbeit
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Arbeitswelt
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Arbeitskräfte
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Arbeitsangebot
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Work-History-21st century
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Work environment-21st century
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Labor supply-21st century
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Work environment-21st century
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Work-History-21st century
;
Work-History-21st century.
;
Work environment-21st century.
;
Labor supply-21st century
;
Electronic books
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Arbeit
;
Arbeitsplatz
;
Zukunft
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Arbeit
;
Arbeitsplatz
;
Zukunft
Kurzfassung:
Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD BY LOUISE FISHER -- Introduction -- 1 Productivity and the workplace -- Introduction -- The productivity challenge -- The refocus on the workplace -- Managerial perspectives -- Employee perceptions -- What works at the workplace level -- Building support for organizations and managers -- 2 The changing labour market: myths and reality -- Employment is becoming more âcontingentâ and less permanent -- The end of jobs for life? -- Job insecurity -- Job quality -- The myth of deregulation -- Self-employment and the gig economy -- New forms of self-employment: the gig employment -- Choice and atypical work -- The role of small firms -- Lovely and lousy jobs -- Portfolio working -- 24/7 working -- Migrants are taking our jobs and cutting wages: the myths of Brexit -- A knowledge-based world of work -- The rise and rise of the professional classes -- Regulation by professionalism -- The grey workforce -- Conclusions -- 3 The global workforce -- The rise of the BRICS -- The âGreat Doublingâ (and other âGreatsâ) -- A world of labour shortages -- All the jobs will be offshored -- The robots are coming for our jobs -- The second machine age -- Human enhancement -- Conclusions -- 4 The future workplace -- Liberation technology: a broken promise? -- Homeworking, fl exibility and the rise of the laptop warrior -- Human enhancement: wearables, implantables and âsmartâ drugs -- Work space -- The future workplace: a false promise or a false start? -- 5 Better managers in the future workplace -- Introduction -- What is management? -- Why is management important? -- How are managers performing in the UK? -- The employment relationship and âgood managementâ -- First line management -- What management challenges do we have in the future? -- Conclusions
Kurzfassung:
6 The future health of the workforce -- The growing burden of ill health among modern workers -- The business case: why employers want a healthy workforce -- Interventions to improve workforce health: what works? -- âGood workâ: the ultimate workforce health intervention? -- What should policymakers do? -- Health and well-being in small businesses -- Young people with health conditions entering work -- Workforce health: future prospects -- 7 The future of pay and reward: the triumph of faith over evidence? -- The retreat from collectivism -- The structure of pay -- Pay and reward challenges -- Core components of reward -- How good is pay at motivating high performance? -- Performance: the definition problem -- Economic theory and PRP -- Motivation, pay and performance -- PRP in the public sector -- Performance management and pay -- Forced distribution -- Executive pay -- The trend towards transparency of pay systems -- Reward futures: towards a new collectivism? -- 8 The future of the ageing workforce -- Ageing, work and health -- Ageing, cognitive decline and work -- Ageing and the employment deal -- Workplace attachment and work content -- Workplace culture -- Workplace flexibility and workplace adjustments -- Decisions regarding retirement -- Retirement decision-making -- Ageing at work: future directions -- 9 Working futures -- What will work be âforâ in the rest of the twenty-first century? -- The productivity puzzle and the workplace -- Just managing to manage -- What about the workers? The future of collectivism and voice at work -- The risk pendulum -- Pay and rations: just deserts? -- The end of retirement? -- Workforce health and well-being -- Work is here to stay -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- INDEX
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