London Times article exploring Charles Handy's books, marriage, and his predictions for the changing nature of organizations and the professional work environment. The article begins by discussing the academic and professional background of Charles Handy, and how, through having a flexible relationship with his wife and household, he has managed to adjust how he lives and his dwelling to accommodate change. It goes on to discuss Handy's view that the traditional organization is becoming obsolete, it being replaced by what Handy calls shamrock organizations, a three-fringe organization that allows for a central core of managerial workers, a contractual fringe of self-employed professionals, and an external and flexible labor pool to utilize when necessary. The document proceeds to reflect on Handy's idea of the portfolio worker, and how advancing laborers should become used to working a variety of jobs as they get older, outside of traditional organizations. Handy also states, however, that younger managerial workers, by their mid-30s, should be moving toward building up a portfolio career. He then argues that education, and intellectual capital, will be the most valuable assets workers can possess moving into the future.
Handy, Charles B Times (London, England) Purves, Libby Handy, Elizabeth Organizational change Organizational behavior Operations management Organization theory AP Watt (Firm)
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London Times article exploring Charles Handy's books, marriage, and his predictions for the changing nature of organizations and the professional work environment, April 12, 1989; Charles Handy Papers; Box 19, Folder 1; 1 page
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