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Can I read Women and the New Economy on EtoBox?
Women and the New Economy by Sally Helgesen is a Business, Management and Accounting article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Women and the New Economy about?
n barely one generation, our culture has experienced two momentous changes in tandem. Rigid work structures that provided relative stability and prosperity for 150 years have given way to a more fluid postindustrial economy, driven by new technology and global competition. At the same time, women are for the first time assuming positions of influence in business and in public life. The confluence of these two transformations, one economic and one social, has enormous implications for the hture. The new economy is rewarding companies that decentralize the means of production, which today include knowledge, expertise, and human talent. It simply has become less expensive to organize work in dspersed, local settings-down to the private home-than in massive offices or factories. As Peter Drucker reminds us, value creation is shifting to the indwidual rather than to the organization as a result of these changes. For many, however, this concept presents difficulties. People fi-equently perceive themselves as powerless because of the pace of organizational change and the erosion of employment security. It is thus a time of great insecurity. Nevertheless, rmllions of professionals-women in
Who reads Women and the New Economy?
It is typically read by researchers, students, and practitioners in Business, Management and Accounting.
- Author
- Sally Helgesen
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); Wiley (ISSN 1087-8149)
- Published
- 1997
- Language
- JA
- ISBN
- 9784061997042
- Field
- Business, Management and Accounting (Social Sciences)