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Workplaces of the Future (Critical Perspectives on Work and Organisations)

Workplaces of the Future (Critical Perspectives on Work and Organisations)

by Chris Warhurst (Series Editor), Chris Warhurst (Series Editor), Paul Thopmspn (Editor)

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Synopsis

This work examines change in workplace structures and relations, and considers what the contemporary workplace looks like. The book contains a wide range of issues and examples from factory and office, manual and non-manual work, and public and private sector that illustrate the nature of the future of work. The material featured is international.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 244
 Edition: 1998
 Publisher: Palgrave
Published: 23 Mar 1998
ISBN 10: 0333728009
ISBN 13: 9780333728000
Book Overview: 'Eleven articles on a critically important subject for us all.' - Long Range Planning 'Overall, the book achieves its stated aim. It helps to ground us in reality. It does this in a subtle...way, by helping us to understand the present by looking to the future...With its liberal referencing, this book is recommended reading for those who recognise, not only the centrality of work, but also the essential part that work plays in our lives.' - Athol Barrett, Prometheus 'Based on really interesting empirical work - making for good teaching too.' - Dr A.M. Greene, University of Aston

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'Eleven articles on a critically important subject for us all.' - Long Range Planning 'Overall, the book achieves its stated aim. It helps to ground us in reality. It does this in a subtle...way, by helping us to understand the present by looking to the future...With its liberal referencing, this book is recommended reading for those who recognise, not only the centrality of work, but also the essential part that work plays in our lives.' - Athol Barrett, Prometheus 'Based on really interesting empirical work - making for good teaching too.' - Dr A.M. Greene, University of Aston
Author Bio
PAUL THOMPSON is Professor of Management in the Department of Business Studies at the University of Edinburgh. He is the author of The Nature of Work, Working the System (with Eddie Bannon) and Work Organisations (with David McHugh).

CHRIS WARHURST is Lecturer in Organisational Behaviour in the department of Management Studies at the University of Glasgow. His research and teaching interests focus on management and labour issues within the international economy.