Organisational Change

5.8.5 Work Place

The working world is changing fast. New technologies and realigned work environments are altering the way companies do business and the relationships between workers and their employers. Longer work hours, increased levels of work/stress, downsizing, mergers and buyouts have made building and maintaining employee morale a challenge. At the same time, more and more employees are now looking at non-traditional work arrangements to achieve a better balance in their professional and personal lives. Traditional work structures are no longer enough, and companies that fail to be flexible are finding that keeping employees and recruiting new talent is increasingly difficult. Surveys show that the fastest-growing concern of employees ...