The Future Workplace

Instructions

Form groups as assigned by the instructor. Brainstorm to develop a master list of the major workplace characteristics you expect to find in the year 2020. Use this list as background for completing the following tasks:

1. Write a one-paragraph description of what the typical "Workplace 2020" manager's workday will be like.

2. Draw a "picture" representing what the Workplace 2020 organization will look like.

3. State why your Workplace 2020 organization does or does not conform with the organizational design trends discussed in this chapter.

4. Write a "short story" (10 sentences maximum) that portrays a manager in trouble in your Workplace 2020 because of a failure to empower others.

Choose a spokesperson to share your results with the class as a whole and explain their implications for the class members.