Review of Workplace 2000 Introduction Although w

Although we are all aware that the workplace is changing, and that it has probably been changing toward some end for quite some time. However, few of us can accurately say where these changes will take us in the working world. Boyett and Conn (1992), in their book WORKPLACE 2000, provide us with their vision of the eventual end of the ongoing revolution. They do not discuss the new workplace very much in terms of new technologies, but in terms of new ideas, attitudes, and work standards.

The Future of the American Workplace

In their vision of the future, they see a workplace where "flexibility and creativity will be more important for success than endurance or loyalty" (1992, p.4). One of the main features of the new workplace will be its team-oriented structure where the relationships between peers and peer groups are the primary source of employee motivation, performance, and even discipline. While this may seem somewhat idyllic, the truth is that Boyett and Conn say that this also means that people's ability to advance within corporate structures will greatly decrease. They also state that for people desiring leadership roles, "sixty-hour weeks (and perhaps even seventy- eighty, or ninety-hour weeks) will not be uncommon" (Boyett and Conn, 1992, p. 45). They seem to believe that in the future upper management roles will only be filled by people who are willing to devote every waking moment to the companies that employ th

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