Workers and employers must carefully weigh the advantages and disadvantages of new "work at home" (flexiplace) arrangements. Discussed are: advantages of flexiplace for workers, such as no commuting; advantages for employers, such as increased productivity; and arguments against, such as supervisory problems. (NW)

Outlines the changes our work force will be experiencing by the year 2000. (JOW)

It is time to reframe thinking about the training profession and its relevance. Trainers must shift their focus from training to high performance. (JOW)

Describes three scenarios for the future workplace: (1) the Wave--high demand for smart products, high degree of connectivity, high ability of intellectual capital to attract financial capital; (2) the Current--high demand and connectivity, low ability to attract capital; and (3) the Wake--low demand and ability to attract, high connectivity. (SK)

The focus of this article is to examine the relationship between the workplace and business. In doing so, the concept of profitability will be considered first followed by an examination of three concerns in reducing expenses: geography, technical efficiency, and people. (CT)

While agreeing on balance with the four preceding articles on the changing workplace, the author cites some research that indicates that the net effect of technology is to lower skill requirements of jobs. Concludes that we will need a flexible, well-educated work force. (SK)

The author projects some possible future scenarios concerning the world of work and discusses their economic, political, and attitudinal implications. He states that since the consequences of an almost-workless world would be profound, affecting all the values and structures of contemporary society, planning for such an eventuality is urgent. (CT)

Restructuring, downsizing, small business growth, and changing employment opportunities necessitate reexamination of business curricula. A cross-functional curriculum should provide a general education foundation, a common body of business knowledge, and business specializations relevant to tomorrow's workplace. (SK)

Discussion of working environments that enhance performance highlights a holistic planning model; activity-based versus organizational-based planning; private and collaborative spaces; worker involvement in the planning process; and measuring effectiveness versus efficiency. (LRW)

Includes "World Industry on the Move"; "The Future Belongs to Those Who Can Adapt" (Fromont); "The Automobile Industry: Engines of Change" (O'Brien); "Negotiating Flexibility to Save Jobs" (Fromont); and "Fixing the Rules of the Game: Partners State Their Case." (JOW)

Addresses the limited connection between education and human resource development (HRD). Suggests that preventive approaches to HRD can lead to better relationships between education and the private sector and can improve the preparation of students for the workplace of tomorrow. (JOW)

After analyzing some of the factors--technological development, innovation, work reform movements--that have contributed to the erosion of the conventional model of enterprise organization, the author turns to what may happen in the future. (Author/CT)

Diversity communication and training are recent phenomena in South African workplaces. The demise of apartheid, new political dispensation, and reentry onto the world stage have all contributed to creating an opportunity for diversity. Accelerated corporate interest in this field may be linked to government pressure, globalization, and the much…

Discusses several trends affecting leisure: the persistent centrality of work in human experience; the almost universally recognized acceleration of change through the foreseeable future; the broadening acceptance of the importance of self-expression and self-actualization in the workplace; and the confluence of technology and humanism. (CT)

The author suggests that education, rather than being an induction into established ways of seeing the world, should be a context in which a person can begin the process of perceptual overhaul of it. New values related to the workplace are emerging and their impact on learning processes in the future is described. (Author/CT)