Managing the Aging Workforce
Challenges and Solutions
1. Auflage Oktober 2006
240 Seiten, Hardcover
24 Abbildungen
12 Tabellen
Praktikerbuch
Kurzbeschreibung
The aging of their workforce will have dramatic consequences. Challenges arising include leadership, health and knowledge management, diversity and innovation. This book presents an analysis of the present and upcoming situation, and concepts enterprises will need to survive.
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Das Alter der Mitarbeiter in vielen Unternehmen der Welt steigt permanent und drastisch. In Unternehmen, in denen Expertenwissen gefragt ist, kann das Durchschnittsalter der Beschäftigten im nächsten Jahrzehnt sogar bis zu 5 Jahren und mehr innerhalb eines Jahrzehnts ansteigen. Die daraus resultierenden wesentlichen Herausforderungen betreffen Führungsthemen, Gesundheitsmanagement, Wissensmanagement, Lernen und Weiterbildung, Diversifizierung und Innovation. Dieses Buch präsentiert Führungskräften, HR-Managern und Beratern eine Analyse der derzeitigen und zukünftigen Situation und eine Einführung in Konzepte, die Unternehmen brauchen werden, um im nationalen und internationalen Konkurrenzkampf zu überleben.
How demographic trends will upset economies, industries and companies
Increasing the value (V) of an aging workforce for your company
Managing your aging workforce: the 5V framework to increase both productivity and creativity of older workers in your company
The first V-field: mindset change tools for the aging workforce
The second V-field: knowledge management and further training tools
The third V-field: health management tools for aging: mental, physical, social health
The fourth V-field: work environment and physical tools
The fifth V-field: HRM tools for managing the workforce
Putting it all together: The V-scorecard for measuring improvement in both productivity and creativity of the aging workforce
is Professor in Strategy at Stellenbosch University, South Africa, and visiting professor at various universities in Europe and the USA. His research focuses on new business models and innovation for global competitiveness, incorporating strategic fitness, systemic innovation and paradoxical management approaches applied in various industries and companies. He has authored a number of articles and books in strategic management, and is a Director of the WISE program, a collaborative research program between academic and business organizations in the USA, Europe, Africa and Asia.
NITIN NOHRIA
is Richard P. Chapman Professor of Business Administration and Senior Associate Dean and Director of Faculty Development at the Harvard Business School. His research centers on leadership, corporate accountability, and organizational change. Professor Nohria has served as an advisor and consultant to several large and small companies in different parts of the world. He has been interviewed by ABC, CNN, and NPR, and cited in Business Week, Economist, Financial Times, Fortune, New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.
SVEN C. VOELPEL
is a Director of the research group WISE (Wisdom - Innovation - Strategy - Energy) and Professor of Business Administration at the Jacobs Center for Lifelong Learning and Institutional Development, International University Bremen (IUB), Germany. Besides various professorships around the world he is also a Visiting Fellow at Harvard Business School and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University since 2001.
