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Eliminating future shock: the changing world of work and the organisation
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Eliminating future shock: the changing world of work and the organisation

Sohail Inayatullah
Foresight, Vol.8(5), pp.3-14
2006
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https://doi.org/10.1108/14636680610703054View
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Abstract

globalisation older workers outsourcing
To explore the alternative futures of work and the changing nature of the organization. Design/methodology/approach - Along with a long-term macrohistorical approach, two futures methods are used: emerging issues analysis and scenarios. Findings - Four scenarios are developed: business as usual (pendulum of labour versus capital); social and innovative transformation (moving toward the triple bottom line and flatter organizations); gut-wrenching globalization (outsourcing of everything and the end of the nation-state); and the unknown world (dramatic changes in the nature of work and organization, particularly because of AI technologies). Originality/value - Novel approach in linking macrohistory to emerging issues to scenarios. Challenges litany approaches to work and the organization and links with deeper worldviews.

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