21st Century Workforces and Workplaces

by Bevan, Stephen; Brinkley, Ian; Bajorek, Zofia; Cooper, Cary

• ISBN13: 9781472904997
• ISBN10: 1472904990
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2017-06-29
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Business

Summary

What does the future of work look like? This book charts, explains and analyses the past five years which have rewritten much of what we thought we knew about employment and how workplaces respond to pressure. It also outlines what hasn't changed and in doing so, distinguishes myth from reality.

The book discusses critical questions for any member of any workforce, including:

· Does work have to be a 'place'?
· How will future managers be selected, educated and developed?
· What is the future for trade unions?
· Beyond pay, how will rewards evolve to incentivise workers alongside responsible capitalism?
· Is this the end of retirement?

Through this discussion, the book takes what we know and projects how the future labour market will develop. It sets out what the future workplace could look like by 2025 by asking what sort of workplace and workforce we want to see in 2025 and what we can do today to help bring it about.

Author Biography

Stephen Bevan is the Director of the Centre for Workforce Effectiveness at The Work Foundation, and a Professor at Lancaster University Management School. Previously he was Director of Research at the Institute of Employment Studies in Brighton. He has carried out policy research for No. 10 Policy Unit, HM Treasury and the Cabinet Office. He was co-author of the Good Work Commission in 2011.

Ian Brinkley was Director of The Work Foundation. He was Chief Economist of the TUC and a member of the Low Pay Commission. He has authored numerous publications for The Work Foundation.

Sir Cary L. Cooper, CBE, is 50th Anniversary Professor of Organizational Psychology and Health at Manchester Business School, Chair of the Academy of Social Sciences, President of RELATE and was the Founding Chair of the thinktank The Sunningdale Institute in the National School of Government. He was the lead scientist on the Foresight project on Mental Capital and Wellbeing and has published over 100 books and many scholarly articles on organizational psychology and the workplace.