Designed to introduce the management student to the significant changes in 'workplace 2000' this text provides a contemporary and thorough introduction to the subject, with strong managerial and practical emphases. The text focuses on the 'new era' of management and includes coverage of flexible organisational structures, work teams, lateral relations, outsourcing and downsizing, the challenges presented by greater employee involvement, mentoring minorities, the new economic order and ethics in the global marketplace, sustainable development and the influence of technology on job design, with.