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The Elevated Workplace

verfasst von : Liam Brown, John Croft, Joyce Thorne

Erschienen in: Liquid Legal – Humanization and the Law

Verlag: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

Starting with the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, a series of evolutions have profoundly transformed work and the workplace over the past three centuries. Presently, yet another shift is underway: the digitalisation of work. With it, a new type of entity, the self-aware organisation, has come into existence. With it comes the possibility of a more humanised work environment: the elevated workplace. The elevated workplace meets a broad range of human needs and, in doing so, represents the future of work.

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Vorheriges Kapitel Injecting Humanity (Back) into Talent Development

Nächstes Kapitel Contracts and Humanity: How Freedom and Fairness of Contract Can Be Secured in the Digital Age

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Titel: The Elevated Workplace
verfasst von: Liam Brown
John Croft
Joyce Thorne
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Buch: Liquid Legal – Humanization and the Law
Print ISBN: 978-3-031-14239-0

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-031-14240-6

Copyright-Jahr: 2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14240-6_15