Synopses & Reviews
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.
About the Author
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
Profiling Change at Work * Flexible Labour at its Limit? * Intelligent Flexibility * Resuscitating Careers * Shrinking the Work-Space * Extending Management Control * Lowering the Sexual Barriers * Developing Diversity * Which Strategies? * Management versus Regulation? * Interpreting the Trends