Above the clouds : a guide to trends changing the way we work : a project / inspired by EFQM, with commentary from the worlds of business, the not-for-profit sector and academia.

"Each of the 15 chapters of Above the Clouds analyses a trend in detail and includes perspectives from business academia and comments from the European public. There are disagreements, but also a surprising amount of convergence on issues such as leadership, outsourcing global risk, women, age,...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	EFQM (Foundation)
Other Authors:	Legenvre, Hervé, Mallinder, Lorraine, Woolley, Josephine
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Sheffield, UK : Greenleaf Pub., 2006.
Subjects:	Business forecasting. Business. Management. Organizational change. businesses (business enterprises) management. business (commercial function) BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor. POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations. Business Business forecasting Management Organizational change future of work. working conditions. quality of working life. business strategy. leadership. shareholder. corporate social responsibility. outsourcing. technological change. older workers. women workers. stress. work life balance. labour productivity. social economy. avenir du travail. conditions de travail. qualité de la vie de travail. stratégie d'entreprise. commandement. actionnaire. responsabilité de l'entreprise. externalisation des activités. changement technologique. travailleur âgé travailleuses. conciliation travail-vie personnelle. productivité du travail. économie sociale. futuro del trabajo. condiciones de trabajo. calidad de la vida de trabajo. estrategia empresarial. liderazgo. accionista. responsabilidad de la empresa. tercerización. cambio tecnológico. trabajador de edad avanzada. trabajadoras. estrés. equilibrio trabajo-vida. productividad del trabajo. economía social. EU countries. pays de l'UE. países de la UE.
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Table of Contents:

Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; 1. The end of big ego leadership; 2. The fragile condition of CEOs; 3. Give us more shareholder democracy; 4. Outsourcing: a zero-sum game?; 5. Risky business: the domino effect of global risk; 6. Ctrl-Alt-Delete: generation Y reboot the workplace; 7. Ageism in the era of workforce shrinkage; 8. Changing the game: women at work; 9. Under pressure: stress in the workplace; 10. Can work and life be friends?; 11. Spirituality in the workplace; 12. Love me do: engineering products and services with emotion; 13. The age of rage.
14. Productivity in the IT age15. The multiplication of not-for-profits; About EFQM; Credits.

Above the clouds : a guide to trends changing the way we work : a project / inspired by EFQM, with commentary from the worlds of business, the not-for-profit sector and academia.

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