By Maria G. Mackavey;Richard J. Levin;American Management association
Is company tormented by the steadiness of society? Is society plagued by the activities and attitudes of commercial? during this precise and robust publication, 10 modern thinkers go back a convincing "yes". With inventive insights and fascinating examples, those authors make a startling notion: If enterprise desires a effective crew and a ecocnomic destiny, it needs to take a management position in solidifying our social net. It needs to get actively inquisitive about how households, colleges, govt, groups and corporations interact Pub: 11/97.
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The bad news is that practically everything remains to be done. The good news, for those who like challenges, is that practically everything remains to be done! The Winds of Change There are a number of signs that the time is ripe for constructive and cooperative movement on many fronts. For one thing, it is becoming increasingly clear that work-family issues are not just women's issues, but everybody's issues. In 1996, the secretary of labor, Robert Reich, stepped down from his cabinet position, citing his own personal work-family dilemma.
This deceptively simple concept also serves as a model for designing work and Page 7 family policies into an organization's business strategy. Parent or family centers serve as linkages among families, communities, schools, and the workplace. In "Business and Education: Shaping a New Work-Family Partnership," Dick Green pushes even further the book's idea that businesses can become catalysts for change in our society. He hoists business leaders with their own petard by reminding them that sounding the wake-up call for a better-educated workforce is not enough.
Stein 41 4 Perspectives on Work: Realigning People and Technology Martha Herbert Izzi 69 5 Good Worker or Good Parent: The Conflict Between Policy and Practice Deborah J. Swiss 87 Page viii 6 Building Effective Schools: Reinvesting in Our Social Capital David Nelson 105 7 Family Centers: The New Human Resources Paradigm at Work and School Vivian R. Johnson 135 8 Business and Education: Shaping a New Work-Family Partnership Richard Green 147 9 Becoming Committed to the Common Good in a Complex World Laurent A.