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The Future of Work

In: Work-Life Matters

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  • David Pendleton

    (Henley Centre for Leadership)

  • Peter Derbyshire
  • Chloe Hodgkinson

    (Edgecumbe Consulting Group Ltd)

Abstract

The future is unknown and unpredictable but not a total mystery. Scenarios allow different futures to be considered. Thinking about the future of work suggests three themes to be explored: the work, the workforce and the workplace. The emerging future of the work itself is shaped by the advance of technology which can enhance or replace workers. Many estimates suggest the replacement of a large proportion of current jobs in the next few years and advise that workers need to retrain to perform the creative and social roles better suited to human beings. The workforce is in the process of being reshaped by the gig economy and changing employment arrangements, replacing the twentieth-century pattern of an employer for life and posing problems with how to secure the motivation and engagement of a shifting workforce. The workplace started to be changed once industrialisation broke production processes into separable tasks. This allowed work to be carried out in various locations. Now the internet facilitates remote working to such an extent that even the idea of an organisation can be replaced by a shared platform to which workers and sub-contractors can contribute remotely. The future of work is in our hands.

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  • David Pendleton & Peter Derbyshire & Chloe Hodgkinson, 2021. "The Future of Work," Springer Books, in: Work-Life Matters, chapter 5, pages 57-74, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-030-77768-5_5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-77768-5_5
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