Work in the 21st Century

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Change will prove beneficial only if tomorrow's leadership canameliorate the tensions / Abraham Zaleznik The emergence of expressivism will revolutionize the contract between workers and employers / Daniel Yankelovich and John Immerwahr Creativity will dominate our time after the concepts of work and fun have been blurred by technology / Isaac Asimov Educators must advocate holism to prepare our human resources for the coming decentralization / George C. Lodge Corporate pyramids will tumble when horizontal organizations become the new global standard / Gunther Klaus Employers will follow workers south and west, away from cities and toward training programs / Pat Choate Minority workers of tomorrow must tread a much different path than did today's middle class / Eleanor Holmes Norton Basic industries won't die away; technology will strengthen them, despite socio-political problems / David M. Roderick Lobbyists for special interests are employing the bureaucracy to twist tomorrow's job market / Orrin G. Hatch Workers will have legal rights to jobs through state courts; affirmative action will expand / Herbert E. Gerson and Louis P. Britt III Training and retraining workers will be an important challenge for unions in the 21st century / Glenn Watts Tracking new career categories will become a preoccupation for job seekers and managers / S. Norman Feingold Part-time work will increase, bringing change to social mores and standards of compensation / Nancy S. Barrett International forces will prevail, but will unions be able to change with the new global work place? / Reginald Dale Retirement will become obsolete in the improved work scheme of our 21st century economy / Caroline Bird