Age Works

by Goldberg, Beverly

• ISBN13: 9780684857596
• ISBN10: 0684857596
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-01-01
• Publisher: Free Pr

Summary

Goldberg issues a wake-up call for American business, stating that companies must convince disillusioned older employees to stay at work longer in order to maintain competitiveness in the coming millennium. Charts and graphs.

Author Biography

Beverly Goldberg is Vice President of The Century Foundation, a New York-based think tank. Cofounder and principal of Siberg Associates, a management consulting firm, she is the author of three previous books on business and technology, and she is a frequent contributor to management Journals and newspaper opinion pages. She lives in New York City.

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables	xi
Preface	xiii
Acknowledgments	xix
Introduction	1	(12)
Part I. The Problem	13	(38)
Going by the Numbers	15	(18)
Breakdown: The Story Behind the Numbers	33	(18)
Part II. The Causes	51	(70)
Downsized, Displaced, and Disillusioned	53	(31)
The Race to Retirement	84	(20)
Attitudes and Assumptions	104	(17)
Part III. The Way Out	121	(71)
Laying the Foundation	123	(26)
Building the Framework	149	(28)
Replacing Obstacles with Opportunities	177	(15)
Conclusion: Muscle, Machine, Mind	192	(5)
Notes	197	(14)
Selected Bibliography	211	(6)
Index	217