{"product_id":"charles-b-handy-the-future-of-work-1984-paperback","title":"Charles B. Handy: The Future of Work [1984] paperback","description":"In this work, Charles Handy, author of \"Gods and Management\" and \"Understanding Organizations\" presents two scenarios for the future. In one, full-time employment remains essential to the economy, the individual's self-esteem and social life, and as a means of social control. The result? A bitterly divided society in which the top 30% of the population in formal employment forms a rich top layer. Poverty will increase, social instability will grow. In this scenario, Britain could veer towards becoming a police state. But the feature of this book is the positive and possible alternative scenario Handy presents. This is no less than a sweeping reform of education, pensions, taxation and the unions - and a psychological re-evaluation of what work means. His plans for progress and survival include a state subsistence wage for everyone over sixteen, a formal working life of only twenty-five years (from 25-50, for example), increased voluntary and community work, more free-lance work and a wider domestic life.","brand":"Handy, Charles B.","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":53186570453331,"sku":"9780631142782","price":35.71,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.com\/products\/charles-b-handy-the-future-of-work-1984-paperback","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}