Re-Thinking the Future of Work

COLIN C. WILLIAMS is Professor of Strategic Management in the School of Management at the University of Sheffield, UK.

'...thought provoking, profound and based on sound research. It is well crafted and I recommend it to anyone who is interested in, among other things, helping to shape the future for those people throughout the world who are not empowered to do it for themselves.' - Tony Gould, Industrial Relations '...the book is precise, up-to-date and well-informed: it offers a comprehensive state of the art of contemporary social theory.' - Enzo Mingione, Urban Studies

• Introduction: rethinking the future of workPART 1: DOMINANT PERSPECTIVES ON THE DIRECTION OF WORKThe dominant narrativesThe demise of the informal economy and growth of the formal economyThe all-pervasive penetration of the marketThe advent of a globalized worldPART 2: FUTURES FOR EMPLOYMENTThe rise of the information/knowledge societyNew forms of flexible work organizationPost-bureaurcratic managementNon-capitalist futures for employmentPART 3: VISIONS OF THE FUTURE OF WORKThird way visions of work organizationOrganizing work in a post-employment worldWork Organization in a post-capitalist worldGreen visions of work organizationConclusions: futures for workReferencesIndex.