The custom-fit workplace : choose when, where, and how to work and boost your bottom line / Joan Blades, Nanette Fondas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blades, Joan.

Contributor:

Fondas, Nanette, 1959-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Flexible work arrangements.

Work--Social aspects.

Work.

Quality of work life.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (239 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, c2010.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Ideas for transforming the workplace to fit today's workforce In this book, Blades and Fondas offer business professionals an indispensable handbook for transforming the way we work and breaking free from the old, inflexible, 40-hour workweek. The authors show creative ways for individuals to fit work requirements with life obligations, and persuade managers to adopt these custom-fit work strategies to improve their bottom line. Readers will finish the book convinced of the place of custom-fit work arrangements in today's workplace-and of how honoring employees' lives outside of work is

Contents:

The Custom-Fit Workplace: Choose When, Where, and How to Work and Boost Your Bottom Line; Contents; Chapter 1: WORK IS NOT WORKING; Chapter 2: THE CUSTOM-FIT WORKPLACE; Chapter 3: FLEXIBILITY AT WORK; Chapter 4: VIRTUALLY PERFECT; Chapter 5: OFF-RAMPS AND ON-RAMPS; Chapter 6: CONTRACT WORK AND ON-DEMAND TALENT; Chapter 7: WHEN BABIES GO TO WORK; Chapter 8: A MORE PERFECT UNION; Chapter 9: FROM HIGH STRESS TO HIGH COMMITMENT; Chapter 10: THE CUSTOM-FIT FUTURE; Notes; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612653902

9781282653900

1282653903

9780470767108

0470767103

OCLC:

656826820