Work in the 21st Century

By Gunther Klaus, David M. Roderick, Herbert E. Gerson, Louis P. Britt III, Glenn Watts, Reginald Dale, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Nancy Smith Barrett, Isaac Asimov, John Immerwahr, George C. Lodge, Orrin Hatch, Caroline Bird, Pat Choate, Abraham Zaleznik, S. Norman Feingold, Daniel Yankelovich

Subjects: Business forecasting, Twenty-first century, Technological forecasting, Human capital, Forecasts, Working class, Work, Work environment, Forecasting, Economic forecasting, Professions, Social change

Description: Change will prove beneficial only if tomorrow's leadership canameliorate the tensions / Abraham Zaleznik The emergence of expressivism will revolutionize the contract between workers and employers / Daniel Yankelovich and John Immerwahr Creativity will dominate our time after the concepts of work and fun have been blurred by technology / Isaac Asimov Educators must advocate holism to prepare our human resources for the coming decentralization / George C. Lodge Corporate pyramids will tumble when horizontal organizations become the new global standard / Gunther Klaus Employers will follow workers south and west, away from cities and toward training programs / Pat Choate Minority workers of tomorrow must tread a much different path than did today's middle class / Eleanor Holmes Norton Basic industries won't die away; technology will strengthen them, despite socio-political problems / David M. Roderick Lobbyists for special interests are employing the bureaucracy to twist tomorrow's job market / Orrin G. Hatch Workers will have legal rights to jobs through state courts; affirmative action will expand / Herbert E. Gerson and Louis P. Britt III Training and retraining workers will be an important challenge for unions in the 21st century / Glenn Watts Tracking new career categories will become a preoccupation for job seekers and managers / S. Norman Feingold Part-time work will increase, bringing change to social mores and standards of compensation / Nancy S. Barrett International forces will prevail, but will unions be able to change with the new global work place? / Reginald Dale Retirement will become obsolete in the improved work scheme of our 21st century economy / Caroline Bird