TY - BOOK AU - Johnson, Mike, TI - The worldwide workplace : : solving the global talent equation / SN - 9781137361264 U1 - 658.311 JOH 2014 PY - 2014/// PB - PALGRAVE MACMILLAN KW - Employees KW - Recruiting KW - Labor and globalization KW - Work environment KW - Organizational change N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. The Century of Uncertainty -- 2 .Seeking Out Work Opportunities -- 3. People, Positions and Places -- 4. What the Workplace Looks Like -- 5. Making a Career Inside or Outside the Organization -- 6. Educate, Educate, Educate -- 7. The Organizational Challenges -- 8. The Workplace of the Future, or More of the Same?; Also issued online N2 - The world of work is transforming at a furious, unprecedented pace. Massive changes and shifts in demographics, employment, technology and economies make predicting tomorrow a tough task. This book changes all that. Through interviews with many of the leading observers of the emerging world of work, The Worldwide Workplace gives readers a unique and practical understanding of how the workplace is changing and why we need to prepare for and capitalize on these changes. Packed with in-depth global case studies from Asia to Europe and from Africa to the Americas, this authoritative and highly readable book highlights the pressing worldwide 'people' issues and puts them into a business-related context. Based upon rigorous research and the unique insights of members of the global think-tank the FutureWork Forum this is the book about tomorrow that you need to read today ER -