The Fifth Age of Work: How Companies Can Redesign Work to Become More Innovative in a Cloud Economy - Couverture souple

Jones, Andrew M.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1937645096 ISBN 13 : 9781937645090

Editeur : Night Owls Press LLC, 2013

Synopsis

As millennials replace baby boomers as the dominant generation in the workforce, tomorrow’s most dynamic companies will look quite different than today’s conventional firms. Top knowledge workers want the flexibility, choice, autonomy, and opportunity to be involved in meaningful work and communities of their own choosing. Companies that address those needs will better attract and harness that generational energy and potential.

Companies and workers have arrived at a new epoch, a point in history where culture and technology have collided to redefine the “what,” “when,” “where,” “how,” and even “why” of work. The "Fifth Age" is an emerging world of work defined by the rise of cloud-based technology, the growing ranks of freelancers and telecommuters doing their best work off-campus, and the decentralization and de-localization of work.

Drawing on these trends and looking at both sides of the work equation, The Fifth Age of Work: How Companies Can Redesign Work to Become More Innovative in a Cloud Economy by professor and management consultant Andrew M. Jones shows business leaders and managers how to build smarter and more innovative organizations by redesigning the workplace.

The Fifth Age of Work is a primer for business leaders and managers, exploring:

• Trends on the emerging "human cloud" driven by a thriving artisan/freelance economy, the coworking movement, and the rapid rise in flex work programs and telecommuting.
• Solutions for companies in the areas of talent management, workspace design, and workplace license— the prisms through which organizations can re-think old business paradigms.
• Projects and experiments drawn from design thinking, Activity Based Work, corporate coworking, ROWE, and more that companies can adopt to increase openness, communication, trust, and collaboration in their operations and ignite innovation.

To learn more about the book, visit www.nightowlspress.com/e-book-store/the-fifth-age-of-work/.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Andrew M. Jones, Ph.D. (drewjones.co) is a cultural anthropologist turned management consultant and business school professor. He has taught at management schools in the U.S. and the U.K. and has consulted with firms in numerous industries over the past fifteen years. He is a partner at Conjunctured Coworking in Austin, Texas and teaches Management and Organizational Behavior in the McCoy College of Business Administration at Texas State University. He has published two previous books, 'The Innovation Acid Test: Growth Through Differentiation and Design' (Triarchy Press, 2008) and 'I’m Outta Here: How Coworking is Making the Office Obsolete' (NotanMBA Press, 2009) with Tony Bacigalupo and Todd Sundsted. He lives in Austin, Texas.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Night Owls Press LLC
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1937645096
• ISBN 13: 9781937645090
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 194
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible