HR Management
1. The following are the trends and issues that will have an impact on human resource and the way people work in the next ten years. First, Flexi ? place and flexi ? hour will likely become more popular among many job fields, such as computer and information systems, marketing and sales, and higher ? level management. In the future, performing those jobs away from the offices on a flexi ? schedule will be more obviously witnessed.
Advancing in the computer technology is the key to the higher popularity of workplace and work hour flexibility.
Through telecommuting and virtual work office, people will be able to get their jobs done in a very timely manner from their home or any location. To strategically help emphasize result orientation and increase overall effectiveness and efficiency in the global arena, more companies begin to implement the concept of flexi ? place and flexi ? hour (60, 1998). Mr. Bonnie Hathcock, Vice President for Human Resource and Development for US Airways said that a number of work hours became less significant as the main focus was shifted to performance and outcomes (HR, 1998).
Second, the globalization of business will be more apparently seen in
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