The future of the office : work from home, remote work, and the hard choices we all face / Peter Cappelli.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cappelli, Peter, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Telecommuting.

Flexible work arrangements.

Industrial relations.

Organizational effectiveness.

Personnel management.

Strategic planning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (121 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Wharton School Press, 2021.

Summary:

The COVID-19 pandemic forced an unprecedented experiment that reshaped white-collar work and turned remote work into a kind of "new normal." A little over a year into the pandemic, with vaccines more widely available, employers began to think about bringing employees back to the office. Both employers and employees had great trepidation about what the future held. Into this fraught moment stepped Wharton professor Peter Cappelli with The Future of the Office, which provided employers and employees with guidance as they faced urgent decisions with limited information. Cappelli's insights have proven remarkably prophetic and provide valuable insights for those wrestling with these issues today. In an updated introduction, Cappelli reminds readers where we were at that historical inflection point and what was at stake. He offers insight into what today's readers can take away from the book and why the questions raised a year into the pandemic still apply today.

Contents:

The COVID-19 experience: what we can (and can't) learn from it

Back to the future: how remote work 'works'

How remote working alters the future of work

Managing the transition: the importance of planning

The opportunity: how to make sure we don't miss it

Looking past our own offices

What are the open questions?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61363-192-8

OCLC:

1506476593