MODULE 7 1
Workforce Management:Employment Relationships In Changing Organizations 1
Workforce Management:Module Overview 1
How This Module Fits into the“Framework for Understanding the Organization of the Future” 2
Purposes of this Module 2
Readings and Assignments 4
Additional Activities 5
Some Additional Suggested Readings 6
Managing a Changing Workforce in Turbulent Times 8
Overview:The Changing Employment Relationship 8
The Old versus New Employment Relationship 8
Flexibility:What Kind,What Is Changing and for Whom? 13
Putting More Options on the Menu for the New Employment Relationship 18
Attending to Perceived Inconsistencies and Unintended Consequences 19
Summary 20
References 21
“A Brave New Darwinian Workplace,”Stratford Sherman(Fortune) 23
“SMR Forum:Patterned Chaos in Human Resource Management,”Lotte Bailyn(Sloan Management Review) 28
“The Case of the Part-Time Partner,”Gary W.Loveman (Harvard Business Review) 37
“The Contingency Workforce,”Jaclyn Fierman(Fortune) 50
“Bumed-Out Bosses,”Lee Smith(Fortune) 59
“Telecommuting:A Better Way to Work?”Bob Filipcazk(Training) 65
“Workplace Flexibility”,Christine Scordato and Julie Harris(HR Magazine) 77
“The New Workweek,”Michael A.Vercspej(Industry Week) 83