At Home With Work

Introduction

We spend a lot of time working. There is no getting away from the necessity for most people: we have to work. From school, through college, or university, we are coached and guided to fulfill our potential as employees or as people adding economic value, or as business owners or in self-employment. Our jobs define who we are and how we are seen by others. Many people spend at least as much time with their work colleagues as their family members and friends and sometimes much more so. So work is a huge deal, and theories about the way that work is organized and managed are being suggested and tried out all the time.

This book gives workers, managers, and organizations some food for thought about what to consider and how to thrive ...