{"product_id":"the-future-of-work-9781118877241","title":"The Future of Work","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThroughout the history of business employees had to adapt to managers and managers had to adapt to organizations. In the future this is reversed with managers and organizations adapting to employees. This means that in order to succeed and thrive organizations must rethink and challenge everything they know about work.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe demographics of employees are changing and so are employee expectations, values, attitudes, and styles of working. Conventional management models must be replaced with leadership approaches adapted to the future employee. Organizations must also rethink their traditional structure, how they empower employees, and what they need to do to remain competitive in a rapidly changing world. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis is a book about how employees of the future will work, how managers will lead, and what organizations of the future will look like. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Future of Work will help you:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eStay ahead of the competition\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCreate better leaders\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTap into\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Rethinking Chess and Work xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Five Trends Shaping the World of Work 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Cog: Today’s Employee 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Seven Principles of the Future Employee 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The Freelancer Economy 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Zookeeper: Today’s Manager 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Ten Principles of the Future Manager 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 The Managerless Company 119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 The Organization of Today 137\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Fourteen Principles of the Future Organization 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Technology as the Central Nervous System 193\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 The Six-Step Process for Adapting to the Future of Work: How to Become the Future Organization (and Stay That Way!) 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Rethinking Work 213\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 217\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe FOW Community (dedicated to the future of work and collaboration) 223\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 225\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48866379891031,"sku":"9781118877241","price":17.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781118877241.jpg?v=1722278375","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-future-of-work-9781118877241","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}