The New Deal at Work: Managing the Market-Driven Workforce - Hardcover

Cappelli, Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0875846688 ISBN 13: 9780875846682

Publisher: Harvard Business School Press, 1999

Synopsis

In this thought-provoking book, the author argues that the relationship between employees and employers--an association that both defines and drives the American workplace--is in a state of profound transition. Organizations that once provided long-term job security and lifetime career development are abandoning these programs in favor of market-based employment transactions: short-term contracts, temporary staffing, and outsourcing. Peter Cappelli explores recent developments in employment relationships and causes us to rethink our long-held assumptions about managing people. He reveals that the new arrangement shifts many of the risks of business from employer to employee, as individuals must now assume responsibility for developing their own skills and careers. Yet when internal development programs are reduced or nonexistent, how can employers retain the employees they need and secure the commitment and specialized skills that so many projects demand? Cappelli's conclusions make for important and compelling reading for employees, managers, policy makers, and anyone concerned with the market forces that shape the American workplace.

About this title

About the Author

Peter Cappelli III is a professor of management, the chairperson of the Management Department, and a co-director of the Center for Human Resources at The Wharton School. He is also a co-director of the U.S. Department of Education's National Center on the Educational Quality of the Workforce.

Edition details

• Publisher: Harvard Business School Press
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0875846688
• ISBN 13: 9780875846682
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320