Managing to Change? British Workplaces and the Future of Work

by White, Michael; Hill, Stephen M.; Mills, Colin; Smeaton, Deborah

• ISBN13: 9781403938053
• ISBN10: 1403938059
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-09-04
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

This book presents new and authoritative evidence about change at the workplace, using it to cast light on recent debates about the future of work. The basic questions it poses are whether, and how, British workplaces are responding to the challenge of change, and what are the implications of change both for managers and employees. Using up-to-date information from 2000 workplaces, it provides a realistic basis for envisaging the changes through the first decade of the 21st century. It is accessible to a wide audience of policy makers, managers, professionals, students and academics.

Author Biography

Michael White founded the Employment Studies Group at the Policy Studies Institute, University of Westminster, where he is now Emeritus Fellow.

Stephen Hill is Principal of Royal Holloway, University of London.

Colin Mills is a Lecturer in sociology and a fellow of Nuffield College, University of Oxford.

Deborah Smeaton is a Research Fellow at the Policy Studies Institute.

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Charts	vi
Foreword	x
Acknowledgements	xi
Glossary of Abbreviations	xii
Profiling Change at Work	1	(21)
Flexible Labour at its Limit?	22	(17)
Intelligent Flexibility	39	(15)
Resuscitating Careers	54	(15)
Shrinking the Workspace	69	(15)
Extending Management Control	84	(17)
Lowering the Sexual Barriers	101	(16)
Developing Diversity	117	(15)
Which Strategies?	132	(17)
Management versus Regulation?	149	(17)
Interpreting the Trends	166	(15)
Appendix 1 The Change in Employer Practices Survey 2002 (CEPS-02)	181	(3)
Appendix 2 Methods of Analysis	184	(4)
Notes	188	(14)
Bibliography	202	(8)
Index	210